Many architects say that they will never do a bridge. But I think they will discover that just as Fallingwater is a piece of art, so Golden Gate is a piece of art of the 20th century.
New York is still the most glamorous city I've ever been to, but it's starting to feel older. The sirens still wail; the paths in Central Park still pulsate with joggers. The Manhattan schist still trembles beneath your feet. But weirdly, it's starting to feel, dare I say it, a bit quaint.
I loved New York in the '50s.
To me, the difference between New York and London is that things are boring and staid in London.
I don't want to be cliched, but Buckingham Palace is beautiful, and the old red telephone booths are really interesting to me. I've always wanted to see those.
I love New York. It just reminds me of so many movies... I look up at buildings, and feel like Godzilla should be climbing up them or something.
My commitment is that Crown Sydney won't be just another hotel: it will be a landmark building for Sydney with a design and quality that the city deserves.
As I grew up, I knew that as a building it was on the level of Mount Olympus, the Pyramid of Giza, the nation's capital, the czar's winter palace, and the Louvre - except, of course, that it was better than all of those inconsequential places.
London is the greatest city in the world.
Rome is a place almost worn out by being looked at, a city collapsing under the weight of reference.
The magnificent lobby of the Chrysler Building - faced with rare marbles, aglitter with decorative metalwork, and surmounted by a ceiling painted with a totemic image of the tower itself - leads to elevator cabs inlaid with exotic woods in fanciful patterns. The entire route from street to office is invested with ceremony, dignity, and delight.
New York is a character, all on its own, and whenever you film there, it becomes part of the show. That's just the nature of being there.
I get out of the taxi and it's probably the only city which in reality looks better than on the postcards, New York.
When I look at Deco jewelry, I see the New York skyline - the Chrysler Building.
You can shoot a film in New York without seeing the Empire State Building. Or Starbucks... although the latter is much less realistic.
London is a brilliant city.
America's got amazing presentation, especially New York - the most potent, strongest, concentrated, amazing presentation.
London is a blast.
