I hope that film is going to stay as an artform and that people won't forget that there are good movies also to be made.

I don't think there is any advantage to digital unless it's in a case like Slumdog Millionaire, where you have to get a shot and a big bulky film camera is out of the question.

I love to make movies about young people - young scientists that are inventing things and all the writing they did was very funny and very true.

I don't know the American photographers as well, but I admit I love Ansel Adams. His landscapes are so crisp.

I think too many film students in America are losing the artistry and not learning lighting the right way.

Jack [Nicholson] really knows about the camera. He's one of the directors who likes to play with the camera. He'll change things around, play with lighting, things like that. He'll even spend hours on the set-up for an insert shot. He's an interested person who gets involved in all the aspects of the films he is making.

It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.