My father wanted me to be a pharmacist like himself. He had been a doctor, but he no longer believed in medicine; so he became a pharmacist, but he believed in that hardly more.

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.

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

There is no new wave, only the sea.

I'm not wild about hand-held shots.

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.

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