"To make a great film you need three things - the script, the script and the script."

"I like stories where the hero is in jeopardy all the time, and I like to put him there."

"I always believe in following the advice of the playwright [Victorien] Sardou. He said: 'Torture the women! ' … The trouble today is that we don't torture women enough."

"I don't care about the subject matter; I don't care about the acting; but I do care about the pieces of film and the photography and the soundtrack and all of the technical ingredients that made the a…"

"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."