When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!

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.

It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.

I didn't go to film school. I was never an assistant or trainee on a film. I had not seen all those cameras. So I think it gave me a lot of freedom.

The first exhibition [Publo Picasso] was organized by the communist party - because of his position during the war and all that.

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 wanted to speak strongly about feminism in my life, since it's been a struggle.