Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
At its best, film should be like a ski jump. It should give the viewer the option of taking flight, while the act of jumping is left up to him.
If I had not passed through trial - through passion, one could say - through these years so painful and so rich, I don't believe I could take on my life and my career as I do today.