I meant exactly what I said: that we are saddled with a culture that hasn't advanced as far as science.

Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.

There can be no censorship better than one's own conscience.

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

It's only human and natural that an actor should see the film in terms of his own part, but I, as a director, have to see the film as a whole. He must therefore collaborate selflessly, totally.

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.

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