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.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

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

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

I believe that perfection handicaps cinema.

Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?