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.
Charlie: Truth is for suckers, Johnny Boy.
When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling.
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've always written down how I feel.
I no longer buy papers or tabloids or magazines or read blogs. I used to.
I got a brand new flugelhorn today in this gorgeous case, it's beautiful.
I have a cat. When I was younger, I had a guinea pig.
I view every film as a commitment to undertake a long journey.
A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I never had any specific style.
It doesn't matter how adventurous you want to be, you've still got to contain your identity.
I think you get better at staring into space. Especially living in the South of France.
In my world, I am one of the luckiest humans alive.
I was having trouble making ends meet, and my beginnings weren't meeting either.
The guitar is a small orchestra. It is polyphonic. Every string is a different color, a different voice.
Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to.
Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band.
