"Away, away," says hate. "Closer, closer," says love.

We once believed we were auteurs but we weren't. We had no idea, really. Film is over. It's sad nobody is really exploring it. But what to do? And anyway, with mobile phones and everything, everyone is now an auteur.

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.

I learned from Rossellini that you are rich even if you have a little money.

Because my movies are not successful, they are not shown. So I make a living from the budget.

To be only spectacular should be 5 or 10 percent of cinema.

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