When I'm making a film, I'm the audience.

We've seen growing awareness of film preservation, yet the deterioration and eventual disappearance of films have not come to an end. There's still a race against the clock to save what we can at some point.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out

Part of making any endeavour is that each one has its own special problems. It's the nature of the process.

Film in the 20th century, it's the American art form, like jazz.

Any film, or to me any creative endeavour, no matter who you're working with, is, in many cases, a wonderful experience.