A woman is subject matter enough.

A woman is subject matter enough.

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

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.

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.

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