If George W. Bush is elected president, I'm leaving for France. |
If you don't have a leg to stand on, you can't put your foot down. |
It's a process that I don't believe in, ... And I don't think it's correct for my kind of films. |
It's a variety show. We wrote it as we went along. As we were casting people, he was rewriting constantly. This guy's a genius. We deferred to each other. He's been in charge of himself and his show for 30 years and so have I. So we suddenly had a monster with two heads. |
It's all just one film to me. Just different chapters. |
Maybe there's a chance to get back to ... grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people. |
No filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have. By that calculation, you may be giving this award too early. Because I think I've got about 40 years left and I intend to use them. |
No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have; I never had to direct a film I didn't choose and develop. Eleven years ago, I had a heart transplant. I got the heart of a young woman who is in her late 30s. So by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I've got 40 years left, and I intend to use them. |
No other filmmaker has gotten a better shake than I have. I'm very fortunate in my career. I've never had to direct a film I didn't choose or develop. My love for filmmaking has given me an entree to the world and to the human condition. |
That's the way those guys prefer to work down there. |
The movies set the pattern, and these people have copied the movies, |
They tested it. And it tested a little more poorly than ours had, ... So they then gave it back to me with -- they said, 'Now here's some things we think you should do.' |
We're not against each other. They sell shoes and I make gloves. |
What's a cult? It just means not enough people to make a minority. |
When I see an American flag flying, it's a joke. |