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 don't know whether I am ever bored. I never look at myself.

Neorealism taught us to follow the characters with the camera, allowing each shot its own real interior time. Well, I became tired of all this; I could no longer stand real time. In order to function, a shot must show only what is useful.

The women I like, no matter what nationality, all seem to have more or less the same qualities. Perhaps this is because one goes looking for them - that is, you like that type of woman and then look for her.

Women are a finer filter of reality. They can sniff things.

In Blow-up I used my head instinctively!

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against that with black-and-white films.