A fairly young, intelligent-looking man with long hair asked me whether filming or being filmed could do harm, whether it could destroy a person. In my heart the answer was yes, but I said no.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.

Netflix trusted me in a way that was very, very pleasant.

The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no right to insist they react in a particular way. A film is just a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the gaze of the audience[...]

Never wallow in your troubles; despair must be kept private and brief.

I prefer the material woman.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.