If I made a musical in the beginning of my career, it would have been crane shots and tracking shots and people coming out of cakes and whatever, but these techniques are something that I've left behind me.

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I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

Far be it from me to force anyone into either chess or dressage, but if...

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...

I'm having a vacation, and it's so beautiful, and maybe I'll never get another film...

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

It's always been a lie that it's difficult to make films.

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

Actors need bricks to play with, and in fact we rejected all the improvised fragments...

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you...

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you...

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back...

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.

I always do something that I've never done before.

I always do something that I've never done before.

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

I sit there pouring out my woes year after year, coming up with one enormity...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

That's the great thing about entering a convent: There are things that you simply can't...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

When I was younger, I was fascinated by David Bowie, for example. he had created...

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

I think it's important that we all try to give something to this medium, instead...

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

If one devalues rationality, the world tends to fall apart.

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

I'm happy that I'm alive. I feel like someone coming back from Vietnam, you know;...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised...

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...

More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on...