It's like climbing a staircase. I'm on the top of the staircase, I look behind me and I see the steps. That's where I was.

As long as one asserts oneself and is true to oneself.

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

Sometimes there is a great intimacy between women without any homosexuality. This is something that men are less likely to understand, because for them sensuality means sexual. It doesn't excite us to imagine two men together.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

How can you say something's important if you don't first withdraw and feel how rich you've become? That way you can become really generous. Otherwise, what do you give?

I don't think success is harmful, as so many people say. Rather, I believe it indispensable to talent, if for nothing else than to increase the talent.