I don't want to be immortal through my works. I want to be immortal by not dying.

I never start editing a film until it's completely shot; I don't edit along the way, ever. When it's finished I come in here [screening room] and we start with reel one, scene one and start editing shot by shot by shot until we're finished.

Who bothers to cook TV dinners? I suck them frozen.

It seems to me that making escapist films might be a better service to people than making intellectual ones and making films that deal with issues. It might be better to just make escapist comedies that don't touch on any issues. The people just get a cool lemonade, and then they go out refreshed, they enjoy themselves, they forget how awful things are and it helps them - it strengthens them to get through the day.

Paris is a very exciting city. I learned about Paris the same way that Americans do: from the movies.

Sentence structure is innate, but whining is acquired.

All people know the same truth. Our lives consist of how we choose to distort it.