The film of tomorrow will not be directed by civil servants of the camera, but by artists for whom shooting a film constitutes a wonderful and thrilling adventure.

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

We often forgive those who bore us, but never those whom we bore.

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.

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

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

Taste is a result of a thousand distastes.