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

I don't see my movies. I think it's healthier and safer to keep a bit of distance. I'm afraid to be disappointed.

Film students should stay as far away from film schools and film teachers as possible. The only school for the cinema is the cinema.

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

I'm no longer interested in making political films. There's something old-fashioned about them. Young people now don't care for politics. It isn't present in life as it used to be. And increasingly I like films which reflect present-day reality.

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

I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!