I sound like Warhol but only because I'm tired.

London exists normally in a state of bleach bypass. There's the artistic context of "Blow Up" and "Performance" and all the Sixties and Seventies British films that I grew up on, because I did very much grow up on British films.

If you're playing around with a film, you're just playing around with it. But if it has to go into theaters, you get yourself into gear and finish it.

I don't think the latest Star Wars pictures have any artistic intentions, but the original picture opened up epic science fiction.

You just have to know what you want and what you're doing and it leads to a kind of general well-being, which I think you sensed when you were there.

I'm not a precious text protector, or anything like that, you know, because it's a much more vital form than that. You have to rock.

I went into directing having observed and learned from the best. There was a certain standard of procedure. I found that I was equal to it. I thoroughly enjoyed directing, I liked it a lot. It's very satisfactory to see that you can do it. The art takes care of itself.