A man who renounces something is also a man who believes in something.

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against that with black-and-white films.

When I see nature, when I look into the sky, the dawn, the sun, the colors of insects, snow crystals, the night stars, I don't feel a need for God. Perhaps when I can no longer look and wonder, when I believe in nothing - then, perhaps, I might need something else. But I don't know what.

You cannot penetrate events with reportage.

Monica Vitti is astonishingly mobile. Few actresses have such mobile features. She has her own personal and original way of acting.

I'm not rich and maybe I'll never be rich. Money is useful - yes - but I don't worship it.

A scene has to have a rhythm of its own, a structure of its own.