To people of my generation, the picture show was really another dimension - sensual, whimsical. No uniforms or collective rites, but a place where little boys like me could laugh and feel free.

Nietzsche claimed that his genius was in his nostrils and I think that is a very excellent place for it to be.

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and the rest of it.

Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.

I think that not being all that overwhelmed by good reviews is a luxury. I'm like a rich person who says he doesn't care about money.

Nowadays you really have to pump out that blockbuster in order to have the luxury of getting a body of work, and that's sad because the work suffers. Today everything is based on money. The older actors, they inspire me.

A gun show is about like-minded people who feel as if everything has been taken away from them - jobs, money, pride.

My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made.