Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.
If your mother cooks Italian food, why should you go to a restaurant?
Death comes in a flash, and that's the truth of it, the person's gone in less than 24 frames of film.
It did remind me of something out of Greek mythology - the richest king who gets everything he wants, but ultimately his family has a curse on it from the Gods.
Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.
The cinema began with a passionate, physical relationship between celluloid and the artists and craftsmen and technicians who handled it, manipulated it, and came to know it the way a lover comes to k...
It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.
I'm sad to see celluloid go, there's no doubt. But, you know, nitrate went, by the way, in 1971. If you ever saw a nitrate print of a silent film and then saw an acetate print, you'd see a big differe...
My whole life has been movies and religion. That's it. Nothing else.
I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.
Being a father at a later age is different from when I had my other two daughters when I was in my 20s and 30s. If you're in your 60s and you're with the kid every day, you're dealing with the mind of...
Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.
Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.
Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.
The fact that food plays such an important part in my films has everything to do with my family.
As you grow older, you change.
When I was growing up, I don't remember being told that America was created so that everyone could get rich. I remember being told it was about opportunity and the pursuit of happiness. Not happiness...
I do know that some Buddhists are able to attain peace of mind.
Young film makers should learn how to deal with the money and learn how to deal with the power structure. Because it is like a battle.
I've seen many, many movies over the years, and there are only a few that suddenly inspire you so much that you want to continue to make films.