If my films don't show a profit, I know I'm doing something right.

If God exists, I hope he has a good excuse

If my film makes one more person feel miserable, I'll feel like I've done my job.

I will not eat oysters. I want my food dead - not sick, not wounded - dead.

It's already getting more and more difficult to make an ambitious and original film. There are less and less independent producers or independent companies and…

'If you always need money like I do, then you can't be selective about movies. They're all just one big heap of nonsense.'

The craftsmanship that Hollywood has always used as a selling point not only doesn't have much to do with art - the expressive use of techniques - it probably …