I like a lot of classic movies, like, for example, 'Citizen Kane', James Dean movies, etc, etc.
Songs are like movies to me, and so you put yourself in the movie. You become a character in the movie.
When you see violence in movies in general, it's very quick and painless, which isn't what it's like.
There really are three types of 'religious' movies: the ones that make fun of it, the ones that vilify it and the ones that literally preach to the converted.
I prefer to do movies, just for the simple fact that in TV, there's not much of a guarantee. They can pull the plug on you.
Getting direct consumer revenue through movies or games or other culture products is something that we are very suitable for.
Most movies are lucky to have one moment, one shot that you look at and you always remember that moment and that scene.
If my films make one more person miserable, I'll feel I have done my job.
There's nothing better than going to the movies and going into another world, and forgetting about everything that's happening outside.
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious.
I find playwriting to be incredibly difficult compared to screenwriting. Part of it is that I grew up watching movies and not watching plays.
I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.
Directing film is the hardest thing I have ever done.
I am a village boy, and Amsterdam for me was always the big town.
It's so easy for people to stick a label on you, and then that taints everything you touch.
I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.
I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.
Politically I did not like Mr. Lincoln, for in him I saw the destroyer.
You have to have some kind of power of observation, almost like a trained observer.
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.
Sell the public flowers... things that they can hang on their walls without being uptight.
