Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

We live in a classist, racist, homophobic society into which we are very assimilated, that's all. I'm not really proud about that.

It's indifference and ignorance that stops people from doing the right thing.

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

You don't want to disappoint anybody, but you know, you lose your voice by trying to please everyone.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.

If we put our differences aside, we can do great things.

Being at a film festival reminds me of the power of film. The power that we have in our hands. Telling specific stories about personal matters can start the debate that is needed today, and that connect you with realities that you had no idea were connected.

Many times when you're a tourist you can just stay on the surface and not really experience the place you're visiting, which will probably leave you disappointed. Everywhere has something interesting; it's just about being curious enough to find it and scratch where you have to scratch and stay longer and walk further.

All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with responsibility. We have to live knowing that we're not the only ones here and you're affecting somebody else always.

As consumers, we are making choices,and we allow things to exist, and we celebrate the existence of things. And we can also boycott those things we don't want to be part of.

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

There is no success you can celebrate more than the success of a brother.

Cinema is a mirror that can change the world.

I'm crazy about Judi Dench.

I never even had a bachelorhood: I went straight from my parents' home to a marriage.

It's quite hard to act yourself all the time.

I love to harmonize.

My maternal grandfather owned a grocery store that also sold kosher meat. He did well.

Every morning I have something to do, I'm better off. It's bad to get up and not have something to do.

That rule about having to act one's age? I just don't buy it.

I'm an old, white-haired guy. If I'm not recognized, I'm treated pretty much like every other elderly. But if people recognize me, it's a whole different thing.

The first time I met Mary Tyler Moore, I thought she was just beautiful, but I thought she was a little young.

I was born in the Coolidge administration. Can you believe that? So I've seen a lot of politics.