My aesthetic is that of the sniper on the roof.

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.

The average income in France is $1,000 a month, and you can't live decently on that.

Hollywood was invented by hoodlums from central Europe. And today a Hollywood lawyer is not a hoodlum. He's a bureaucrat.

One of the most striking signs of the decay of art is when we see its separate forms jumbled together.

When you are out in the land, OK, you have the land but you are alone with it. And sometimes it is too much.

What I like in pictures whether by an old director or a young director is when I have the feeling he or she is really using the capacity of film.