I love my movies as they are. I let them develop their own lives.

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.

I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema: writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.