I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

I've always been completely autocratic. I've never learned to be diplomatic or democratic.

I've always argued that it is just as desirable, just as possible, to have philosopher plumbers as philosopher kings.

One of the most untruthful things possible, you know, is a collection of facts, because they can be made to appear so many different ways.