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.

I've made films about the middle classes because I know them best. Everyone talks about what he knows best.

It's only human and natural that an actor should see the film in terms of his own part, but I, as a director, have to see the film as a whole. He must therefore collaborate selflessly, totally.

In any case, the idea of giving "all" of reality is overly simple and absurd.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.

Hollywood is like being nowhere and talking to nobody about nothing.

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