An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me. I use direct sound, mono not stereo. Just direct sound, so for every shot there are only two sources. Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.

There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.