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.

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

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.

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.

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

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.