・“The phrase ‘It can’t be helped’ is the most hopeless phrase of all.” (Edward Yang)
・“In today’s decaying world, art is scored like professional wrestling. Despite an infinite supply of young talent, fear of risk leads to nothing but films no one will remember fifty years from now. I chose not to play by this industry’s spineless rules.” (Francis Ford Coppola)
・“Once you’ve read the original work, you’ll never open the book again.” (Jean-Claude Carrière, screenwriter)
・(Learning from the words above from Jean-Claude Carrière) “What matters is what stays with you. I learned that it’s important to understand that, make it your own, and then express it. He taught me a very good method.” (Patrice Leconte)
・Those bastards wouldn’t understand a damn thing about movies anyway. If I could just make two or three good films before I die, I’d be satisfied. Then I’ll laugh my ass off watching all those movie critics spouting their nonsense from up above. (John Huston)
・When I won the Academy Award, people turned on me and cheered me on. Everything is the exact opposite of how it was before. But I haven’t changed. Having been oppressed for so long, I’ve gotten used to always looking at things from below. (Fred Zinnemann)