A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

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

Actors are always a little high at work. Acting is their drug. So when you put the brakes on, they're naturally a little disappointed.

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.

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 want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

I forget about the relationship between myself and any actress when working with her.