There's no such thing as an anti-war film.

All film directors, whether famous or obscure, regard themselves as misunderstood or underrated. Because of that, they all lie. They're obliged to overstate their own importance.

When I begin a film, I want to make a great film. Halfway through, I just hope to finish the film.

Some day I'll make a film that critics will like. When I have money to waste.

During the war, I saw many films that made me fall in love with the cinema.

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

The most beautiful thing I have ever seen in a movie theatre is to go down to the front and turn around, and look at all the uplifted faces, the light from the screen reflected upon them.