The lion and the calf shall lie down together but the calf won't get much sleep.

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.

It has become harder and harder in the United States to make films unhampered by outside influences. I've always been able to steer clear of that and keep the business people out of my hair completely.

It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to.

You are much more dependent on luck than you think. People say if you want to have a good relationship, you have to work at it. But you never hear it about anything you really like, about sailing or going to soccer games.

That (sex) was the most fun I ever had without laughing.

What was the scandal? I fell in love with this girl, married her. We have been married for almost 15 years now.