Life has more imagination than we do.

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

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.

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

I love the way she projects two facets: a visible persona and a subterranean one. She keeps her thoughts to herself; she seems to suggest that her secret, inner life is at least as significant as the appearance she gives.

At first, I wasn't sure whether I'd be a critic or a filmmaker, but I knew it would be something like that.

I am often asked at what point in my love affair with films I began to want to be a director or a critic. Truthfully, I don't know. All I know is that I wanted to get closer and closer to films.