I can't talk about every single film I made. It's not my way to go back into the past and to look at my old pictures and to discuss them.

I live in the present. When I finish a film, it is behind me. My reward is in my work, not in a lot of old memories.

When I finish a film, I want to forget it. I never like to repeat myself. Maybe, when I am dead, they will find certain consistencies in the style of my films, but I never want one film to look like another.

I never seek controversy or foresee it for my pictures. I take a personal stand, and perhaps because my films are on contemporary subjects, people do not share my point of view.

Directing her was like directing Lassie. You need 14 takes to get each one of them right.

Directing Marilyn Monroe was like directing Lassie. You needed fourteen takes to get each one of them right.