What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

I like films to be complete in their written form.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.

I am not a fan of westerns particularly.

I've always done 20 things at once. It's my way of staying alive, not to keep one dish cooking, but several dishes going. And I'm pretty organized.

My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.

But I won't work with the exact same crew film after film because I feel the work would get a little complacent.

You can work, shop, do everything from home, and I find this unsettling.

Yes, I am very prolific.

No, but it's not because I'm getting older that I'm trying to accelerate. But something very curious is happening: The older I get, the more ideas I'm getting.

I would rather my films be well-known than I be well-known.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

I like films that are well-written and concise and with not a lot of room for improvisation.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

You may think it's very presumptuous, but I really hope that my movies are going to turn people into better people.

Working with a bunch of actors is like trying to tune each violin.

I was utilized because I have a certain face that works well in cinema, and I'm used to making myself look as good as possible.

The whole aspect of cinema and film festivals should be a moment to come together and celebrate art and humanity. It would be a shame if there was such a divide.

I think the cinema you like has more to do with silence, and the theater you like has more to do with language.

I also wanted to express the strength of cinema to hide reality, while being entertaining. Cinema can fill in the empty spaces of your life and your loneliness.

I've been very lucky in my long life. On three continents, in diverse cultures, through happy moments, not-so-happy moments, and moments as marvelous as this one, I've had the privilege of working with the cinema's greatest masters.

For example, in painting the form arises from abstract elements of line and color, while in cinema the material concreteness of the image within the frame presents - as an element - the greatest difficulty in manipulation.

I don't go to the cinema much.

Foreign capital to build new cinemas will help modernize China's aging cinema infrastructure, attract Chinese consumers back into cinemas, and increase demand for U.S. films.

I went to the Tokyo Film Festival in Japan because I love Japanese cinema.

No, I like today's cinema a lot. But I've spent so many decades only making movies. There's so much that I still want to do. Like, live. It's only up to me.

Of course the French are making very credible movies and it is still one of the greatest nations in terms of world cinema but the real problem is the decay in film criticism.

Cinema will always have an important role to play in society.

I hate that people think going to the theatre is a special occasion. I wish people would treat it as normally as going to the cinema.

I really love sort of classical cinema where people were telling stories with very little dialogue, and people were using the camera in a really interesting way.

But I think that the spirit of protectionism would be the grave of European cinema. You cannot protect something by building a fence around it and thinking that this will help it survive.

I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating.

Well, you cannot think of cinema now, and you cannot think of cinema in the UK and not place Chaplin in the most extraordinary elevated context, if there can be such a thing, in that he was a genius, he was unique.

If a violent act towards a woman takes place, and the inspiration for that act is violence in cinema, the inspiration for that act would have come from somewhere else if movies didn't exist.

Cinema is still a very young art form with extraordinary techniques and very impressive special effects but sometimes it seems the soul has been taken out of things.

It's up to the courage of the filmmakers to make art in cinema, not just business. John was rejected by studios, he borrowed money and did movies with his own money. You're either courageous or not. You have to find a way.

I like cinema. I am very fond of it. But from time to time I feel like having some time on my own.

In cinema, the leading player is the director.

I like cinema audiences. I respect them, and I talk to them just like I would anybody I know.

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

I happen to love working in cinema, but the theater is always there... you know, and I would never shut the door on it. Even though it's been quite a bit of time since I've done a play, last one was in New York.

It's shocking to say, but the cinema is quite a while away from me, and I haven't got a car yet.