You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

All technical refinements discourage me. Perfect photography, larger screens, hi-fi sound, all make it possible for mediocrities slavishly to reproduce nature; and this reproduction bores me. What interests me is the interpretation of life by an artist. The personality of the film maker interests me more than the copy of an object.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

You see, in this world there is one awful thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.