People like to say, 'What do you mean exactly?' I would answer, 'I mean, but not exactly.'

Objects exist and if one pays more attention to them than to people, it is precisely because they exist more than the people. Dead objects are still alive. Living people are often already dead.

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

I pity the French Cinema because it has no money. I pity the American Cinema because it has no ideas.

There is a problem in pretending I can still control my destiny in the commercial market.

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

I've always said that to make movies, to make images and sound, is possible by one way or another. And it has not to be ruled by the Pharaohs of Egypt, the Pharaohs from Hollywood or wherever. I have tried very hard to make even a small budget picture here. It always fails. Over a dozen times. And now I know why. It was only because I wanted to be in control of the money. To spend it the way I wanted.