As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

There's a difference between ad-libbing and improvising. And there's a difference between not knowing what to do and just saying something. Or making choices as an actor. As a writer also, as a person who's making a film, as a cameraman, everything is a choice. And it seems to me I don't really have to direct anyone or write down that somebody's getting drunk; all I have to do is say that there's a bottle there and put a bottle there and then they're going to get drunk.

Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture.

Film is, to me, just unimportant. But people are very important.

(Acting) is an extension of life. How you're capable of performing in your life, that's how you're capable of performing on screen.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive.