I'm not only my films, but I'm pretty much my films.

I thank Henry James for the scene in the hotel room, that I stole from Portrait Of A Lady… This particular scene is the most beautiful scene ever written.

I care about cinema even though I haven't made many films.

I'm not a cineaste. I've made so few films. Sometimes it feels each one is the last one or the first one.

I don't work with people who ask me questions.

It's incredible how much cinema can do. We forget.

Every film starts with two or three images. Then I try to edit these images.

The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not.

My films start with images, a few images and a few feelings, and I try to edit them together to see the correspondence between these images and these feelings.

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

When I was 16 I discovered this island called cinema and I thought: 'Oh how wonderful, I'm ready.

The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.

...It’s the beauty of this world, that is so alive that if we see properly, we’d know that heaven is no different than our Planet Earth, which is cared by our Mother Nature. It’s so beautiful…

Having a goal is a state of happiness.

Grit your teeth and smile. In the face of adversity, go. They don't deserve you.

Stars should not be seen alone. That's why there are so many. Two people should stand together and look at them. One person alone will surely miss the good ones.

Just be yourself man, be proud of who you are.

The criterion of truth is that it works even if nobody is prepared to acknowledge it.

Riches do not constitute any claim to distinction. It is only the vulgar who admire riches as riches.

Since I have that edgy, rocker-tomboy kind of vibe, it can be very difficult to translate my style for the red carpet.

What very often happens when people make films about rich people, the camera is quite mesmerised by the opulence and quite theatrical in fact.