I have made an art form of the interview. The French are the best interviewers, despite their addiction to the triad, like all Cartesians.
Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.
Every actor in his heart believes everything bad that's printed about him.
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
The director is the most overrated artist in the world. He is the only artist who, with no talent whatsoever, can be a success for 50 years without his lack of talent ever being discovered.
Why spend 18 hours watching someone else's war, when you know how it comes out? We win, and then have to buy all their cars.
I don't take art as seriously as politics.
If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars!
Working is part of life, I don't know how to distinguish between the two... Work is an expression of life.
The first thing one must remember about film is that it is a young medium. And it is essential for every responsible artist to cultivate the ground that has been left fallow.
A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.
The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn't isolated, something is wrong.