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.

To explore technology for me is something that I have to do. Otherwise, I feel completely left in the back... abandoned.

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

I haven't made a movie for a while, but I've watched a lot. It's my major waste of time. I like to work, but also to be waiting for work.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy.

What happened in the late Fifties, early Sixties in French cinema was a fantastic revolution. I was in Italy, but completely in love with the nouvelle vague movement, and directors like Godard, Truffaut, Demy. 'The Dreamers' was a total homage to cinema and that love for it.