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.

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.

Film is like a personal diary, a notebook or a monologue by someone who tries to justify himself before a camera.

I've always considered the French-speaking part of Switzerland as a province of France.

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

The projector will soon disappear. The camera, not really. OK, it depends... it depends on change.

I have no desire to vote for French politicians, and I'm not entitled to vote in Switzerland.