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I don't quite know what an auteur is.

When you have an author and an auteur, it's a difficult and challenging relationship.

I've always said to people that auteurism is nice, but it's hypothetical, and gradually you learn how much or how little influence different directors had.

I do believe that there are auteurs, in the sense that there are filmmakers with very strong voices and their voices are communicated on to the screen without a lot of compromise.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

The egoism which enters into our theories does not affect their sincerity; rather, the more our egoism is satisfied, the more robust is our belief.

No theory changes what it is a theory about; man remains what he has always been.

I know my theories and findings are hard for you to accept because they are so original and extraordinary.