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.

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

I have no problem being with people of different nationalities.

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

I wanted to describe the world at the same time, through image, express what I felt. It was the time of the great documentary filmmakers: Richard Leacock, Joris Ivens. Today, television has put an end to this type of filmmaking.

Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one.

Interior liberty is universal.