There's much talk about the problems of youth, but young people are not a problem. It's a natural evolution of things. We, who have known only how to make war and slaughter people, have no right to judge them, nor can we teach them anything.

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.

The greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.

I'm more or less skeptical about marriage, because of family ties, relations between children and parents - it's all so depressing.

When I'm sure I have a story, I call my collaborators and we begin to discuss it. And we conduct studies of certain subjects to make sure of our terrain. Then, finally, in the last month or two, I write the story.

I never feel empty. I travel a lot and I think about other films.

A woman's sex appeal is an inner matter. It stems from her mental make-up, basically. It's an attitude, not just a question of her physical features - that arrogant quality in a woman's femininity. Otherwise, all beautiful women would have sex appeal, which is not so.