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You don't go to the movies to do historical research, unless it's historical research about the movies.

You have to enjoy yourself when you go to the movies. People don't want to spend their hard earned money to simply go see a history lesson.

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.

In movies, people seem to be more emotional than they would ever be if that situation was actually happening to them.

It's the same with people knowing absolutely everything there is to know about an actor. I actually think the more personal information you have about an actor, the more you have to carve out for yourself when you go to a movie and see them in it.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with finding out stuff before the movie comes out. It's so much more fun to just go. I mean, I don't do that. I don't go looking for stuff that I'm interested in, you know, to try and find out pictures and what the movie's about. It's so much more fun to be surprised.

It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emotional truth and psychological truth is much more important.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

Anyone who's made film and knows about the cinema has a lifelong love affair with the experience. You never stop learning about film.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.