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I was 40 when I did my first movie.

I think I've made some pretty decent films in the '80s and '90s.

There was a phase in my career in my late 20s and 30s when I was doing strange, arty-farty Euro films that were, you could tell, never had much chance of any release anywhere in the world.

In my early days, I didn't know what a good film or a bad film was, and I was trying to make some money. As it happens I was lucky. I made some good films.

I was in college in the sixties when movies really got good. I'm a fan of Bergman and Hitchcock and Polanski and Antonioni. Those are my gods.

I turned down the opportunity to be in some films that went on to be blockbusters.

Working on 'Skyfall' was the most enjoyable experience I've ever had on a movie, ever.

I grew up cinematically in the '70s. I was watching a lot of Godard, Bresson, Dreyer, and all sorts of old films and the Czech New Wave.

A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.

I grew up in the '80s. I was a kid, but all my favorite movies came out of that period.