Great books are great in part because of what they ask of their readers: they are not readily encountered, easily assessed.
Si le sentiment est l´intelligence du coeur, l´émotion est la stupidité du coeur.
Why do bad things happen to good people?' 'Because it makes a good story.
When I was very young, I started trying to sing like the great tenor Mario Lanza; my family used to play his records. We all learn best by imitating others.
If you die you're completely happy and your soul somewhere lives on. I'm not afraid of dying. Total peace after death, becoming someone else is the best hope I've got.
I want my children to be proud of their father and to say, 'My father is the best dad in the world.' And I want them to belong to a modern family, and live a path of happiness and calm.
I see the job of directing as being one of creating the right atmosphere, creating an environment where people can realize their full potential.
By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.
I don't know whether it ever comes back to the same thing; it does return to the spirit of a previous period in some way, but it's different, it's new.
I imagine if aliens came down to Earth, they'd actually be quite tall; people seem to get everything right about extraterrestrials but the size!
People are mistaken to view cinema as some sort of gimmick. It's very much ingrained in the ways in which we understand each other.
When I look around, I begin to understand what Socrates meant when he said, 'How much there is in the world I do not want.'
I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is.
I've never tried to enhance my reputation. Never moved upwards from one thing to another. That sort of thing is of no interest to me at all.
Youth is so exciting. It'll take over. I don't want to be swept away. I want to be with the taking-over people, right to the end.
Oscars are won with two or three shots only, because if it's really beautifully photographed, you don't really notice it until the astounding moment emphasizes it.
An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors.
I never try to show an actor what to do or what to say. He has to find out for himself. The role of the director is to guide him to that state, and then to implement it.
Give me a strapless gown and a rhinestone-studded guitar and some 55-year-olds in my audience, along with their kids and grandkids. Don't give me 'boogie'!
Normally as a director, you do look at other films and things that are relevant. But with this film, it became impossible because I became so aware of the camera placement.
If you put garbage in a computer nothing comes out but garbage. But this garbage, having passed through a very expensive machine, is somehow ennobled and none dare criticize it.
