As soon as people enter a theater they must become moron consumers who must be fed information.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.

As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

While shooting Ten I was sitting in the backseat, but I didn't interfere. Sometimes, I was following in another car, so I was not even present on the "set", because I thought they would work better in my absence.

This [the earthquake] was a very big influence on me, and the issue of life and death from then on does recur in my films.

The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed by them. So it was a very particular film.

The fact of having this very new context, this unheard-of way of working, for me was very pleasant. I didn't feel that I was working, that I had any kind of burden to wear, to carry. I really was very happy and very lighthearted during the whole process of making the film [Certified Copy], of shooting it.