I'm still fighting. I don't know how much longer, but I'm still fighting a struggle, which is to make cinema alive and not just make another film.

Hands are the tool of the painter, the artist.

The mirror is the tool of the one who wants to do a self-portrait. And if you want to make a photo you need a mirror.

I had a very good time when I did The Gleaners - even though the people are poor, and I was suffering to see the conditions, and plus they are not such lovely hearts. They are tough to each other, they beat each other, they are rude and they are violent and they drink. They're not sweethearts, you know, but some were so interesting.

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images.

I've always been like this - trying to find adventure where it's still in its first élan - the first spring.

[Pablo] Picasso really changed my life. It's strange to say so, but I started to see some Picasso paintings very early. I was very young, and he was not so much known.