Changing things from the top down works when things are stable.
I don't like movies that are too manipulative. A lot of movies thrive on really pushing your buttons and making you hate the villain.
It's very hard to say I'm surrealist. It's like saying I'm poetic. It's not something you want necessarily to be aware of.
I think it's a problem when journalists have the title of their article before they do the interview, because it biases the way they conduct it.
At school I was very shy. I wasn't funny really.
I've always liked the idea of inventing stuff. My father told me, because I was naïve, I would think things could work and therefore do them, because I would have no doubt even though there was no solid foundation for this confidence. I don't think I would be a real inventor. But when I set out to do animation, which was my first step into film-making, I realised I could achieve this idea. I could take some elements, create a sort of clumsy invention, and make them work for the camera.
The beauty of doing film is that you construct whatever you do block by block and you can build something that will stay.
It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
Civil liberty can be established on no foundation of human reason which will not at the same time demonstrate the right of religious freedom.
In Berlin I especially enjoyed the orchestral concerts, and I attended a large number of them. I formed the acquaintance of a good many musicians, several of whom spoke of my playing in high terms.
Now smile a real smile for me so I know you`re not suffering inside.