One of the greatest handicaps is to fear a mistake. You have stopped yourself. You have to move freely into the arena, not just to wait for the perfect situation, the perfect moment... If you have to make a mistake, it's better to make a mistake of action than one of inaction. If I had the opportunity again, I would take chances.

Marriage is a tyranny, a mortification of man's natural instincts. Man needs a multiplicity of relationships.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster's autobiography.

Hype is the awkward and desperate attempt to convince journalists that what you've made is worth the misery of having to review it.

I don't believe in total freedom for the artist. Left on his own, free to do anything he likes, the artist ends up doing nothing at all. If there's one thing that's dangerous for an artist, it's precisely this question of total freedom, waiting for inspiration and all the rest of it.

Don't forget that costumes, like dreams, are symbolic communication. Dreams teach us that a language for everything exists - for every object, every color worn, every clothing detail. Hence, costumes provide an aesthetic objectification that helps to tell the character's story.

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.