I'm not as successful as Pixar or Dreamworks, and that is disappointing to me, because I think my films are as valid as a Pixar film. I think there's an audience for my films. I know there's a market for someone like Quentin Tarantino, who basically ...
You have to nail the right tone because sometimes when you just see his films cold, you're not quite sure. It's the same in - I'm trying to think of other directors with a similar sense - David Lynch's films, Tim's films, some of Cronenberg's stuff.
I always felt that with an Antoine Doinel film, Truffaut was taking a vacation, that Francois could relax when making a Doinel film. All of the language came to him very easily. 'The 400 Blows,' I felt, was a collage of all his childhood experiences....
I don't really get stuck in a time warp where, if my film is a success, I have to keep partying till the next one releases, or if my film is a flop, I keep wallowing in sorrow until the next comes my way. My hard work in each film is always there.
I am musical and I enjoy theatre, but I never wanted to just do theatre. I always wanted to go into film. I love film. I loved growing up in the theatre, but I always wanted to do film all along. But, I still pursue music separately.
I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production...
I wanted to do a film for a while, but I never found a script that I felt I was going to be the right person for; because if you've never made a film, you're not taught how to make a film, and you feel like you lack skills.
There's a big link between trains and film. One of the first filmed objects was a train. The clickety-clack of the projector and the clickety-clack of the train are similar. There is the idea of the voyage - every voyage is a story. I wonder if film ...
if you want to be understood ...Listen.
It's amazing how much you can absorb on a film set.
What Bollywood lacks is scripts. A lot of the films are copies of western films.
I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival.
I was making films when I was about 12 years old - Super-8 films.
I did not go to film school.
I could be equally happy on a film set or in the middle of a field.
There aren't a lot of films about adolescents or quote-unquote coming-of-age films that are realistic nowadays.
I don't make films for other people; I make films for me.
Independent film is not only an oxymoron; it doesn't exist anymore.
My first experience on a feature film was with Shane Meadows on 'This Is England.'
In the film business, it's basically honor among thieves.
I don't want to be in the film business. I'm not even sure it's a business.
