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

We are losing our own capacity because we are poisoned in one way or another.

I think I'm innocently representing a certain belief in motion pictures, and, well OK.

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

ALPHA-60: Your name is written "Ivan Johnson," but it is pronounced "Lemmy Caution," Secret Agent Zero Zero Three of the Outlands. You are a threat to the security of Alphaville. CAUTION: I refuse to become what you call "normal." ... ALPHA-60: You cannot escape. The door is locked. CAUTION: Try to stop me, pal.

What is your greatest ambition in life?' 'To become immortal... and then die.

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