American films, it's a money-making industry. And in France, you can find great respect for cinema as art.

If you don't have fun doing the film, then the results of the film will never give you any fun.

I work all the time because it's a great distraction and it keeps me from sitting home and obsessing morbidly.

The best an idea gets is when its in your head.

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.

Don't think of death as an ending. Think of it as a really effective way of cutting down your expenses.

Problems are like toilet paper. You pull on one and ten more come.