You look up after many years and you find that a film has become a classic because it's meaningful to people and alive, decade after decade.

Some women feel power is important, some women feel that looks are important, tenderness, intelligence...but sense of humor seems to permeate all of them.

I didn't go to Paris until I was a grown-up in 1965. And when I went to Paris, it was the Paris I knew only from American movies.

Achilles only had an Achilles heel, I have an entire Achilles body.

When it comes to sex there are certain things that should always be left unknown, and with my luck, they probably will be.

A general philosophy of the female characters in my films is they all want something to believe in, and not having anything.

What if the worst is true? What if there's no God, and you only go around once, and that's it? Don't you want to be a part of the experience? You know, what the hell? It's not all a drag, and I'm thinking to myself: Geez! I should stop ruining my life searching for answers I'm never gonna get and just enjoy it while it lasts. And, you know, after-who knows? Maybe there is something, nobody really knows. I know that maybe is a very slim reed to hang your whole life on, but that's the best we have.