Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

I'll go on making films until I make one that pleases me from the first to the last frame. Then I'll quit.

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

Method actors are absolutely terrible. They want to direct themselves, and it's a disaster.

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

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

I've never had a method of working. I change according to circumstances; I don't employ any particular technique or style. I make films instinctively, more with my belly than with my brain.