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

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

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

Everyone has his reasons.

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

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.