I dream for a living.

I think that is the secret of great acting. You have to bring your imagination to the party. You've got to have a great imagination.

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 feel there is no substitute for going out to the movies. There is nothing like it.

The most expensive habit in the world is celluloid, not heroin, and I need a fix every few years.

My filmmaking really began with technology. It began through technology, not through telling stories, because my 8mm movie camera was the way into whatever I decided to do.

I turned down 'Harry Potter' and 'Spider-Man,' two movies that I knew would be phenomenally successful, because I had already made movies like that before and they offered no challenge to me. I don't need my ego to be reminded.