I can't give any absolute definition of what love is, or even whether it ought to exist.

Violence is not the only means of persuasion.

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

A director is a man, therefore he has ideas; he is also an artist, therefore he has imagination. Whether they are good or bad, it seems to me that I have an abundance of stories to tell. And the things I see, the things that happen to me, continually renew the supply.

Neorealism taught us to follow the characters with the camera, allowing each shot its own real interior time. Well, I became tired of all this; I could no longer stand real time. In order to function, a shot must show only what is useful.

I can't give any absolute definition of what love is, or even whether it ought to exist.

There are many ways of communicating. Some hold the theory that new forms of communication between people can be obtained through hallucinogenic drugs.