Realism is a bad word. In a sense everything is realistic. I see no line between the imaginary and the real.

Even if I set out to make a film about a fillet of sole, it would be about me.

If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet...maybe we could understand something.

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

Life is a combination of magic and pasta.

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.

Like many people, I have no religion, and I am just sitting in a small boat drifting with the tide. I live in the doubts of my duty.... I think there is dignity in this, just to go on working.... Today we stand naked, defenseless, and more alone than at any time in history. We are waiting for something, perhaps another miracle, perhaps the Martians. Who knows?