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" I realized I've spent all my life creating a past. "

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" I love that perhaps we don't see the things that are there because we have no yardstick to see things by, to compare them. "

" The rules are learnt in order to be broken, but if you don't know them, then something is missing. "

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" Marketing is a very good thing, but it shouldn't control everything. It should be the tool, not that which dictates. "

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" My father was an extraordinary man. "

" I've always felt that, although Truffaut was greatly revered and admired, at the same time, in terms of film and how much he loved film, he was underestimated. "

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" I've used mirrors in a lot of movies. I think the mirror is an extraordinary thing, also the reflective, a reflection in water, etc. "

" Film remains completely mystical and mysterious to me. "

" Some people are very lucky, and have the story in their heads. I've never storyboarded anything. I like the idea of chance. What makes God laugh is people who make plans. "

" Our memory and the movies keep movie stars alive for us, and Tony Curtis is still a star. "

" When I went to the cinema as a boy, when I saw a war film, I thought the general was the star, and that Cary Grant was an extra. I had no idea about the structure of film, but I loved going to the cinema. "

" Men and women's needs and desires overlap but go in different directions as well. "

" I wouldn't like to be a non-believer in anything. "

" I like getting up early, but I haven't got a routine - mainly because I never have a clear idea of what day of the week it is. "

" You make the movie through the cinematography - it sounds quite a simple idea, but it was like a huge revelation to me. "

" How can you judge one film against another? "

" I generally try to avoid talking about my old films - I find it difficult. "

" Don't you think it's something strange that you rarely look at yourself in the mirror, except to do things like stand and ponder? I mean, in Shakespeare's day, it was thought that the mirror would reveal something, that it is trying to tell you something - not just to tidy your hair, but something more. "

" Our lives are full of all the genres. Fear and hope and sadness. "

" I've always thought there was something very marvelous and magical about mirrors, and that they are connected to memory as well. "

" I've always loved the future. But I must say the future changes a lot quicker than it used to. An era used to last thirty or forty years - now we're lucky if it's five. "