He once said in an interview: "Andrei Rublev is maybe my favorite film ever", and in another interview, he added: "I remember, the first time I saw a Tarkovsky film, I was shocked by it.
hiː wˈʌns sˈɛd ɪn ɐn ˈɪntɚvjˌuː: "ˈændɹeɪ ɹˈuːbləv ɪz mˈeɪbiː maɪ fˈeɪvɚɹᵻt fˈɪlm ˈɛvɚ", ænd ɪn ɐnˈʌðɚɹ ˈɪntɚvjˌuː, hiː ˈædᵻd: "aɪ ɹᵻmˈɛmbɚ, ðə fˈɜːst tˈaɪm aɪ sˈɔː ɐ tɑːɹkˈɑːvski fˈɪlm, aɪ wʌz ʃˈɑːkt baɪ ɪt.