First there was Greek civilization. Then there was the Renaissance. Now we’re entering the Age of the Ass.

To be or not to be. That's not really a question.

Cinema is capitalism in its purest form.... There is only one solution - turn one's back on American cinema.

If you have $300,000 to shoot a cigarette on a table, it's an enormous amount of money. Maybe that's why my movies are the way they are. But it's the only way I can make a living.

If I'm speaking it means that in one way or another when I say, "I'm cold" it belongs to me: I'm cold. But just by saying this it becomes general.

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

When you go to the cinema you look up, when you watch television you look down.