Tell us, pray, what devil This melancholy is, which can transform Men into monsters.

I love making pictures but I don't like talking about them.

I like, as a director and a spectator, simple, direct, frank films. Nothing disgusts me more than snobbism, mannerism, technical gratuity... and, most of all, intellectualism.

I didn't show up at the ceremony to collect any of my first three Oscars. Once I went fishing, another time there was a war on, and on another occasion, I remember, I was suddenly taken drunk.

How did I get to Hollywood? By train.

Revenge proves it's own executioner.

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart.