My mind is often half-sleeping, like in a daydream.

Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing.

Film study was considered disgraceful by my father.

I'm not macho, I'm not a Mel Gibson sort of person.

There shouldn't be any censorship on making a film.

I love that feeling of going into a packed theater.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm impossible to forget, but I'm hard to remember.

I do want to direct a movie from horseback one day.

Persistence and endurance will make you omnipotent.

I always thought of myself as an amateur stunt man.

Of course, the male-directed films make more money.

I think a film noir demands a beginning and an end.

The only thing I find interesting is self-interest.

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

The worst pressure is the pressure I put on myself.

This whole world is wild at heart and weird on top.

I tire of franchises, remakes, and endless sequels.

Everyone is so terrified of being labeled a racist.

I am just old-fashioned enough to prefer long hair.

A different language is a different vision of life.

Don't tell me what I'm doing; I don't want to know.

Time is the lens through which dreams are captured.

In love, women are professionals, men are amateurs.

A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.

Some people take drugs in a quest for spirituality.

We are all living in cages with the door wide open.

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent.

Oh, my. I'd forgotten how much I hate space travel.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

When you've got some talent, your job is to use it.

Myth is very powerful and fiction is very powerful.

When people feel safe, they can come up with ideas.

Modern, not bottom-dwelling literature like a carp.

If you don't cast well, you can be in real trouble.

I prefer to think that God is not dead, just drunk.

You're often trying to fix a script by shooting it.

It's always hard to analyze what your own style is.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.

Surprise is something that's very difficult to act.

There are more ways to make 'Room' badly than well.

Short stories can make for really good adaptations.

Humor is just another defense against the universe.

Cat angels are the reason there are no mice angels.

As a private person, professionally I am invisible.

A film you can explain in words is not a real film.

Nobody loses money on my movies. I make them cheap.

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