In real life, when someone's partner calls them, they can tell from the first word their partner says what their mood is.

It seems that film-makers are being divided between those working in digital and those who are not. I think it's not something predetermined - it all depends on what project we have in mind, and on that basis we choose the medium.

I had intended to make another film, called Pocket Money, which was to be about children at a school. I was very much intrigued by the story [of Close Up] - it came into my dreams and I was very much influenced by it. So I called my producer and asked that we put aside Pocket Money and start something else, and he agreed.

I never really learned photography.

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.

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films.

In my mind, there isn't as much of a distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.