Confronted with unhappiness, I will unmask it also by seeing through this false face to the true countenance of joy.

In removing our illusions we have removed the substance, for indeed we have seen that substance is one of the greatest of our illusions.

In Vegas, the veneer of glamor was bright but thin. You didn't have to look that hard to see the darker realities that lurked beneath the surface.

The place where most people aren't
is where the real thing is.

For these disguises did not disguise, but reveal.

This is reality, whether you like it or not — all those frivolities of summer, the light and shadow, the living mask of green that trembled over everything, they were lies, and this is what was underneath. This is the truth.

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.

Don't believe everything you hear.Real eyes,realize,real lies.

Cut away ruthlessly everything that is imaginary in your feelings.

To discover the truth in anything that is alien, first dispense with the indispensable in your own vision.

In order to find the real artichoke, we divested it of its leaves.

No one needs yet another recipe book on how to reheat Hollywood leftovers. We need a rediscovery of the underlying tenets of our art, the guiding principles that liberate talent. No matter where a film is made — Hollywood, Paris, Hong Kong — if it’s of archetypal quality, it triggers a global and perpetual chain reaction of pleasure that carries it from cinema to cinema, generation to generation.

In my opinion, the most ordinary things, the most common and familiar, if we could see them in their true light, would turn out to be the grandest miracles . . . and the most marvelous examples.” All it takes to uncover hidden gems is a clear eye, an open mind, and a willingness to search for inspiration in places other people aren’t willing or able to go.

Real eyes, Realize, Real lies