We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence.

I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas.

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

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

If I have a goal, then it is to escape from this literalism. I'll never achieve it; in the same way that I'll never manage to describe what really dwells within my character, although I keep on trying.

Of course, you could, no doubt, call my going to film school the biggest mistake I ever made.

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.