I never retreat from films, as it were, I simply indulge in other interests, that’s all.

Australians just don’t see that many Australian films, but it’s also our responsibility as filmmakers and the responsibility of the funding bodies to remember that audiences want to be entertained, and people are entertained in...

Social Note: I have sought escape in the Prytania on more than one occasion, pulled by the attractions of some technicolored horrors, filmed abortions that were offenses against any criteria of taste and decency, reels...

The fact is, I’ve been releasing records longer than I’ve been releasing films, or at least exactly as long.

If my films don’t show a profit, I know I’m doing something right.

All of the films I’m doing are young, urban, high-concept, funny films. That’s the zone where I’d like to play and have fun in.

I’ve not used a score in any of my films so far.

[As for the] blur … I can’t allow one of my films to go out that way; it would be foolish. And given what the scene is about, it would be very distracting.

I don’t make films that are easy to market, unfortunately. I think that ‘Pi’ was the easiest one, because we had that symbol to stick up everywhere, so that was a good gimmick, and created...

Normally I sit there in the films really hating watching myself. Loving watching the films, hating watching myself.

Following ‘Urumi,’ I did get a lot of offers from Malayalam, but frankly, managing films in several industries can become a little hectic. So I decided not to take them up.

I’ve never much been interested in doing films that no one gets to see.

I read the comics long before I was ever involved with the films.

A lot of people think I must be weird because of the films I’ve done. I get that.

He was a tough player. You would always see him on those (John) Elway highlight films.

I like shows or films or books that have messages but don’t beat people over the head with them.

I spent a couple of years doing American films. I did a few.

Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is...

Franchises aren’t to be avoided. They can be exciting, and they give you opportunities to do other films.

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.

But the process of making a film is not glamorous. Certainly not my films.

I’ve been fortunate to be in films that are classic, that are going to be around.

You can make as many films as you like, but if nobody wants to put them on, what’s the point?

It’s funny how the colors of the real world only seem really real when you watch them on a screen.

We were trying to make a movie that was funny, but also trying to be smart about being funny. We just wanted to make people laugh,. If you want to make a comedy you just...

But no one should have the right to manipulate my films in the first place.

I hope to be 70 and sitting at the table with journalists, talking about my films.

My family was never cultural in that we never went to see plays, my mum wasn’t very into films.

I feel I’ve made the transition from model to actress, but I’m not that secure about it. Lauren Hutton, Jennifer O’Neill – we all know that a few films don’t mean all that much.

The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff.

If my films make one more person miserable, I’ll feel I have done my job.

I am a big fan of Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller, who have carved a niche for themselves. I think doing different kind of films gives you longevity and the ability to set yourself apart.

Usually, I make such small-budget films that I can’t afford to buy weather.

I’m really easily affected by horror films. I have pretty strong reactions to them.

Do we root for Michael Corleone in the ‘Godfather’ films? I think so, even if he is a monster.

I think ‘Rockstar’ is more dear to me than any of my other films.

The trouble with Hollywood films is that they always have a pleasant ending.

For behaviorist films, that’s been much more useful – the change of technology – but for my kind of films, doing them on film is much better, because it’s more beautiful.

I haven’t got an opportunity to experiment with the dimensions of my moustache much. But yes, if the role demands, I’m ready to shave it off. I feel it’s good to have moustaches for South...

My directors of photography light my films, but the colours of the sets, furnishings, clothes, hairstyles – that’s me. Everything that’s in front of the camera, I bring you.

When I’m actually making a film and trying to find solutions, I like to watch making-of documentaries about huge films, like ‘Gladiator.’ That couldn’t be more apart from what I’m doing, but you see Ridley...

An actor is just a part of a movie, but director – he is the movie.

There is also a strong following among the urbanites on the East Coast when it comes to martial arts films.

That’s what the movies do. They don’t entertain us, they don’t send the message: ‘We care.’ They give us lines to say, they assign us parts: John Wayne, Theda Bara, Shirley Temple, take your pick.

A lot of Hollywood films tend to be bloated, bombastic, loud. At the same time, I do like the infrastructure of making a blockbuster; it’s like having a big train set.

But now I wish I could back to Stockholm to make international films there.

I would love to do films. It’s just the way things happened for me – I ended up doing a lot of TV.

It’s funny: I’ve been very successful and done a lot of films, and I don’t really have an agent – I don’t really pursue jobs, I let people come to me.

Even though I’ve done Hollywood films, I still don’t think of myself as a Hollywood actress.

For me with all this stuff, both the horror films and thrillers like this, the most interesting thing is what goes on inside people’s heads, … The rest is just the setting. She is sort...