Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes.

You cannot penetrate events with reportage.

A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good or bad, it seems to me that I have an abundance of stories to tell. And the things I see, the things that happen to me, continually renew the supply.

I've always dreamed of getting to know the women of other countries better. When I was a boy, I remember, I used to get angry at the thought that I did not know German or American or Swedish women.

When a scene is being shot, it is very difficult to know what one wants it to say, and even if one does know, there is always a difference between what one has in mind and the result on film.

My films always leave me unsatisfied, since I've always worked under fairly disastrous conditions economically.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.