"It's just that the public doesn't care for films on politics."

"I don't think there's anything more terrifying than the unknown."

"In many of the films now being made, there is very little cinema: they are mostly what I call 'photographs of people talking.' When we tell a story in cinema we should resort to dialogue only when it'…"

"Every film I make is a comedy."

"When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my motivation?,' I say, 'Your salary.'"