I do believe that a film like Ten could never have been made with a 35mm camera. The first part of the film lasts 17 minutes, and by the end of that part, the kid has totally forgotten the camera.

Using non-actors has its own rules and really requires that you allow them to do their own thing.

It's true that the best way of knowing yourself is to put yourself into different situations.

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.

I believe there's only good cinema and bad cinema.

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

In order to be universal, you have to be rooted in your own culture.