So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point.

And I always had this idea for making a movie about a femme fatale, because I like these characters. They're a lot of fun, they're sexy, they're manipulative, they're dangerous.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years

However, I spent most of my time in a Quaker school.

The camera lies all the time; lies 24 times/second.

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into a motion picture venue

I sometimes go for the strongest, most vivid colour on the palette, which in the case of movies is violence.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to me, it's one of the most exciting aspects of making movies and almost a lost art at this point

The biggest mistake in student films is that they are usually cast so badly, with friends and people the directors know. Actually you can cover a lot of bad direction with good acting

In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine

Friends were hundred, Kites were none, This was the time when I was young.Now the kites are hundred, Friends are none, Sitting under the flaming sun.

When I'm on a roll nothing makes me happier or feel more satisfied, like plugging in, life makes sense.

After a long, labored sigh, I said, “She was really happy when I got there. I’m pretty sure she was suicidal when I left.” “You do have that effect on people.

Time may change me, but I can't trace time.

And I'm scared. I'm scared for my life.

What is the value of sticking a microphone in a man's face right after he has learned of his wife's death?

Let's say the docs present a simplified view of reality.

Earlier on in my career I felt that I had to hide behind a lot of different masks, and showboat ways of performing. Now, that's a lie. The less I have to hide, the less I have to act.

I have the consolation of having added nothing to my private fortune during my public service, and of retiring with hands clean as they are empty.