I like the smell of film. I just like knowing there's film going through the camera.

I have always admired him (Bergman), and I wish I could be an equally good filmmaker as he is, but it will never happen. His love for the cinema almost gives me a guilty conscience

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

Wherever you are, I will find you and I will bring you home

I have made almost as many films in England as I have in America. I will come back to England again and again.

The turning point in my career was Jaws. It was a turning point because I was a director-for-hire before Jaws and because it was such a big hit I could do any movie I wanted and Hollywood just wrote me a cheque.

I'm 62 years old. Am I old enough to win a lifetime achievement award? Yes, I am. Thank you very much.