It's obvious that I must explain what I want from an actor, but I don't want to discuss everything I ask him to do, because often my requests are completely instinctive and there are things I can't explain. It's like painting: You don't know why you use pink instead of blue. You simply feel that's how it should be - pink. Then the phone rings and you answer it. When you come back, you don't want pink anymore and you use blue - without knowing why. You can't help it; that's just the way it is.
Michelangelo AntonioniThe greatest danger for those working in the cinema is the extraordinary possibility it offers for lying.
Michelangelo AntonioniSometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.
Michelangelo Antonioni