I remember being young in the 1960s. We had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world.

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting Last Tango in Paris, I was thinking I was doing a political film.

Sometimes I think that I understand my movies after I make them. Really. I go very often off of instinct.

I think that Hollywood should also be influenced by directors from Hong Kong. You see how Quentin Tarantino is really the example of how you can develop, and how you can go ahead if you accept the existence of different cinematic cultures. There you have Quentin playing with kung-fu. That's why the independents are the most interesting.

You know, in ten years you're gonna be playing soccer with your tits, what do you think of that?

I am in love with the idea of doing a movie in 3D. I think 3D would be great for the story I want to do, in a realistic, normal story, using 3D on the emotions in a kind of intimate story.

You live day by day. You can't build your life.