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

I don't want what I am saying to sound like a prophecy or anything like an analysis of modern society .... these are only feelings I have, and I am the least speculative man on earth.

I may film scenes I had no intention of filming; things suggest themselves on location, and we improvise. I try not to think about it too much. Then, in the cutting room, I take the film and start to put it together, and only then do I begin to get an idea of what it is about.

Before each new setup, I chase everyone off the set in order to be alone and look through the camera. In that moment, the film seems quite easy. But then the others come in and everything becomes difficult.

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.

People are always misquoting me.

If an actor tries to understand too much, he will act in an intellectual and unnatural manner.