I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.
So much money and energy is expended making a film that I think it should be used for positive ends.
I used to say that theatre was my favourite thing. But the more I do film, the more I appreciate it.
I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.
I produced and starred in 'Wake the Riderless Horse,' a short film that my buddy wrote and directed.
I have often thought it was very arrogant to suppose you could make a film for anybody but yourself.
A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something.
I will never, ever do a film as successful as the Harry Potter series. But neither will anyone else.
You really think that on my films people tell me what to do? I don't think so. On my films I decide.
I preferred delivering my performance in person. I liked to be in control. You couldn't be in films.
A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theatre admission and the babysitter were worth it.
Film is an oversimplification of things. That it really boils things down and makes them too simple.
If the overall quality of your film depends on what you shot it on, you aren't ready to make a film.
I like to watch old films. Meet Me in St Louis, Cul-de-Sac and Buffalo 66 are some of my favourites.
Making a martial arts film in English to me is the same as John Wayne speaking Chinese in a western.
There has never been a great film unless it was created in the spirit of the experimental filmmaker.
I became Patti's [Smith] messenger, basically, and the film is my view of how I learned about Patti.
If I'm working on a film, I'll do sit-ups for before I shoot. Like, 100 in the morning or something.
I like to go back and forth between film and theater. When I do film, I miss theater and vice versa.
The process of doing a play is an organic one and the process of doing a film is totally un-organic.
My wish is to bring my heroes to the big screen, and many of them have already appeared in my films.
I found from working on the film that I am a bigot, at times. And that I am also a coward, at times.
The only way you can learn about making films is by making them, by putting your stamp on the thing.
I always found the film world unpleasant. It's all about the schedule, and never really flew for me.