You make a film to distract people, to interest them, perhaps to make them think, perhaps to help them be a little less naive, a little better than they were.

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.

A woman confronting men is a proper subject, it is inexhaustible.

As far as I was concerned, either I was a homosexual or I wasn't, so making films would change nothing.

You have to accept the fact that sometimes you are the pigeon, and sometimes you are the statue.

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.