I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.

I think a badly crafted, great idea for a new film with a ton of spelling mistakes is just 100 times better than a well-crafted stale script.

I think if you watch most of my films with the sound off, you could still tell what's going on.

I think that Peter Jennings is the only decent one of the big three.

I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

But it's just that the whole country is making generally lousy films these days and has been for quite a while. That's the big problem that we all have to think about.

Acting is a lot easier than people think it is.

If you're not making epic, archetypal films on some level, I think you're wasting a great potential of cinema.

If you have your movies so that everyone understands everything, I think that's probably not a very good movie.