A good film is also a documentary

The French are very individualistic.

Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.

I do not say with words. I do not say it with images either.… I do not say, I show. I show people who move and speak. That is all I know how to do, but that is my true subject.

I don't owe my success to state subsidies but to a faithful public which has sustained me.

You can't think of nothing.

The French don't seek out alliances except when there are difficulties.