Until you've been kissed on a rainy Parisian afternoon - you've never been kissed.

Basically my wife was immature. I'd be at home in the bath and she'd come in and sink my boats.

I can make films. And some of them come out good, and some of them come out better, and some of them come out worse. But I've been very lucky over the years to be able to sustain the length of career that I've had.

I have a hyper-active imagination, my mind tends to jump around a little, and I have some trouble between fantasy and reality.

The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife - a depressing thought, particularly for those who bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it's being held. On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily laying down.

I can't imagine any director directing a screenplay of mine, because the great directors all have very personal styles, and the ones that don't are not very interesting directors.

You're so good looking I can barely keep my eyes on the meter.