I have to see the whole scene in my head before I go out and do it. Which I do. I will envision the entire scene before I shoot it.

Star Wars is one of a handful of films that changed the zeitgeist forever.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

There are many untalented people making millions of dollars in the film business.

In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in my head before I went to shoot it. I never did storyboards, or anything like that. I had the film in my head.

Even with some of the best action films like 'The Bourne Ultimatum,' which is a great action film with a great chase sequence, so much of it is computer-generated. But that doesn't bother me. I think it works. It's fantastic.

To me, the art of movies is to take a two-dimensional image and give the illusion of depth.