One must confront vague ideas with clear images.

The trouble with Hollywood is that it has poisoned us. If you see a poster of a movie it is mainly the picture of a woman and a man. Always a love story. Yes. But it shouldn't be that way. It should be another (way).

I'm Franco-Swiss. I've always been shuttling between these two worlds, never firmly planted in either one.

In the beginning there was not even talking. In movies, there was no need for that. Because it was more evident if there was no talking. Only in sports does there remain this fervor, which can even become violent. There's this desire to see something big.

Now at my age I understand how sad it must have been for some directors or actors at the time the talkies began. Because, really, a whole continent disappeared.

Even with painting, even abstract paintings, you need the incoming of, light on the canvas.

All you need for a movie is a gun and a girl.