For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you.

Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be used against them - which sometimes happened.

I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole.

That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film.

This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus.

(When asked what a director does) I help.

Do people really want liberty, equality, fraternity? Is it not some manner of speaking?