Good actors aren't enough. You need charisma. Can you imagine 'Casablanca' without Bogart and Bergman?

When you first start out, you want to be Fellini, or you want to be Bergman.

Kubrick and I were pretty good friends.

Well, there's no question that a good script is an absolutely essential, maybe the essential thing for a movie.

The essence to me of all good drama is argument.

As for the Canadians - good actors and good directors are sometimes taken by the American market, you know, if they're good enough.