Every form of anti-Semitism, every form of xenophobia plays on the fear of the unknown, and unfortunately there are all too many politicians who know how to manipulate that. The dumber people are, the more they feel the need for a broad set of shoulders they can lay their head against.

Of course, we avoid death. To know something is inevitable is one thing. To accept, to truly feel it... that's different.

I never use soundtrack; it is always part of the story.

When you create a church, an institution, and you create a dogma. When you create an ideology, that's the danger. Communism, too, is a beautiful idea, but millions of people died when communism became an ideology.

Film is 24 lies per second at the service of truth, or at the service of the attempt to find the truth.

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.

I'm not someone who enjoys long talks, long rehearsals. I'm very technical: I tell my actors, you come in, you sit down, you pick up a coffee, you look here, you say the line. We try it with the cameras rolling, and if it doesn't work, we adjust it until it does. It's very simple.