Of all the human evils, of which we have thousands of years of record and our own contemporary experiences, the most horrible evil of all is hypocrisy. It's this idea that there are those who do bad and there are those who do good, when, in fact, even the people who supposedly do good are saying they do good to mask the fact that they do evil.

I was interested in the idea of succession - showing a father and a son both in their own time and drawing a contrast

Usually, the stuff that's your best idea or work is going to be attacked the most.

It is a little disappointing to see that your legs are not as strong. But I like the idea of growing old, and the thought of approaching death is not particularly daunting to me.

Films and hotels have many aspects that are the same. For example, there is always a big vision, an idea.