I don't know whether I am ever bored. I never look at myself.

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.

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

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

I read somewhere that happiness is like the bluebird of Maeterlinck: Try to catch it and it loses its color. It's like trying to hold water in your hands. The more you squeeze it, the more the water runs away.

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.

Ingmar Bergman is a long way from me, but I admire him. He, too, concentrates a great deal on individuals; and although the individual is what interests him most, we are very far apart. His individuals are very different from mine; his problems are different from mine - but he's a great director. So is Fellini, for that matter.