I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element.

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

(When asked what a director does) I help.

Interior liberty is universal.

In ten phrases, the ten commandments express the essential of life. And these three words--liberty, equality, and fraternity--do just as much. Millions of people have died for those ideals.

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

We understand the concept of equality, that we all want to be equal. But I think this is absolutely not true. I don't think anybody really wants to be equal. Everybody wants to be more equal.