I need six weeks of rehearsal and women need nine months and it took me 15 years to figure that out

I have a film I want to direct. Gena Rowlands was going to do it with me a long time ago. It's about an older woman who's running a ranch in the west the old fashioned way.

All I know is that my best work has come out of being committed and happy.

I've been delighted by Cannes and Toronto but I keep saying I don't know how good we're going to be received in America because that's where it's most challenging

I very much prefer the balance in a scene to standing out and so you have to make a decision

The greatest single human gift is the ability to chase down our dreams.

But it's also another myth to think that you should be as tight as a drum and not have any frailties or fragilities.