There's one thing which I hate about color films... people who use up a lot of their despairing producer's money by working in the laboratory to bring out the dominant hues, or to make color films where there isn't any color.

To observe a profoundly stupid individual can be very enriching, and that's why we should never feel contempt for them.

We live in an era where pizzas show up faster than the police.

I am a Communist, certainly, but that doesn't mean I have to make films about the wheat harvest.

I like making black and white films in natural surroundings, but I much prefer shooting a color film inside a studio where the colors are easier to control.

A woman is subject matter enough.

I wanted to make a film about stupid people that was very vulgar and deeply stupid. From that moment on I can hardly be reproached for making a film that is about stupid people.