Life should be taken ironically; otherwise, it becomes a tragedy.

Reality has a quality of freedom about it that is hard to explain.

I would throw out the sense of nation, "good breeding," certain forms and ceremonies that govern relationships - perhaps even jealousy. We're not aware of all of them yet, though we suffer from them. And they mislead us not only about ethics but also about aesthetics.

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.

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

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.

You know what I would like to do: make a film with actors standing in empty space so that the spectator would have to imagine the background of the characters.