But surrealism is present in most of my pictures.

American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.

I always have coffee without sugar, you know. Just cream.

I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.

But I went down to Venezuela and spend a few weeks going through jungles. It's fantastic looking.