I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.

There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.

I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.

My films have been progressing towards a certain kind of minimalism, even though it was never intended. Elements which can be eliminated have been eliminated.

I thought that choosing a non-professional was a condition for me, because it would allow Juliette to have a less-professional way of acting. It would challenge her performance as a professional actress.

I think life is so difficult to catch, it's so furtive, that a copy, a film, can in no way catch it and represent it.