Actor

And it's interesting, but I'm always interested in the story behind the story.

To be honest, I don't think I'm an actor. I'm a creator - or try to be.

We should never forget that Hollywood was built by Europeans, and the old Jewish boys from Eastern Europe.

Except here it's more power, more energy, younger and also in Europe it's still not only entertainment. Theater or films are looked at as a moral institution. That's why maybe they're so poetic. Here it's clear entertainment.

The interesting thing is that I found scenes which I put together which could appeal to almost every woman, or apply to almost every woman after the war. Falling in love, dancing, marrying.

Music in this film is a very important part.

Everything you do has certain significance, a certain weight. I think there is a film in everyone.

I just think the word interview, although it is the view between two people exchanged, became a sort of cliche. You ask questions and the other one answers.

When you have the cast, the sets, the lights, an opera takes on its own life. I'm not one of those directors who marches in with a set of plans.

I played piano, I learned a lot about music.

I did have fun, for example, in The Black Hole which was very popular among youngsters.

First love is first love, first marriage is first marriage, disappointment is disappointment.

And in reality, I don't think it's a real documentary. It's more a story of her life. It's a story of survival. It's a story of the time in which she lived. The story of success and failure.

I am America's number-one fan. I like your food. Especially corn flakes.

I'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again.

I think there's a poet who wrote once a tragedy by Shakespeare, a symphony by Beethoven and a thunderstorm are based on the same elements. I think that's a beautiful line.

I'm always happy when I'm left alone, but if somebody comes and is nice, then we talk.

My mother was an actress and a director, as well. And my father was a playwright and poet.

Directing is like meeting a woman. You don't know her, but something strikes you, and then you just have to go into it.

A conversation goes sometimes into personal things and that's nicer. You look to each other and you have a different picture, you get into a relationship.