Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge.

I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.

Liberation didn't solve anything. It just opened up the doors to greed. Some people mix up sex now as if they were eating or drinking like crazy.

In making dinner for a friend, don't forget the love.

Although for some people cinema means something superficial and glamorous, it is something else. I think it is the mirror of the world.

Age protects love not, but love protects up to a certain degree before age.

I need, absolutely, to be alone.