I cannot work fast enough. I cannot cope fast enough, really. And just releasing a film is hard.

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

Academia is the death of cinema. It is the very opposite of passion. Film is not the art of scholars, but of illiterates.

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

I have never left my culture. It doesn't matter whether I film with Australian aborigines or in Antarctica.

I think there are specific times where film noir is a natural concomitant of the mood. When there's insecurity, collapse of financial systems - that's where film noir always hits fertile ground.