It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people.

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.

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.

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

Some colors are very difficult to render, and you must compensate to get the color you want on the screen.

First I went to the Sorbonne to do my licence en lettres, but I also started to study law.

It's often wrong to write for specific actors because one ends up using what is least interesting about them, their mannerisms and habits. I prefer not to write for specific people.