Cocteau is someone who has made such a profound impression on me that there's no doubt he's influenced every one of my films.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
At a very young age, I was influenced enormously by Julio Cortazar or Carlos Fuentes. In that literature, there's always an exploration of different perspectives, points of view.
One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like.
Outside of advertising, the person who's influenced me most is quite possibly Frank Gehry.
When I was a kid, Jacques Cousteau was my hero and the person who inspired me to become an underwater explorer. I have many other people who inspired me after him, but he is still my all-time hero.
I have been very influenced by the director Maurice Pialat, who I continue to be in conversation and conflict with and get inspiration from.
Cormac McCarthy's language is perfect. He is in my view the greatest living American prose stylist.
Probably the only way Woody Allen and I are similar is that he has a lot to say about Nietzsche.
When you're reading Thoreau you look at Hollywood differently, let me tell ya!
I think probably I've been influenced by Chekhov and Walt Disney, if you see what I mean.
I'm a huge Cormac McCarthy fan and have read every book of his.