You cannot penetrate events with reportage.

It's only human and natural that an actor should see the film in terms of his own part, but I, as a director, have to see the film as a whole. He must therefore collaborate selflessly, totally.

Sometimes actors' mistakes give me ideas I can use, because mistakes are always sincere, absolutely sincere.

Scientific man is already on the moon, and yet we are still living with the moral concepts of Homer.

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.

I never feel empty. I travel a lot and I think about other films.

When I'm sure I have a story, I call my collaborators and we begin to discuss it. And we conduct studies of certain subjects to make sure of our terrain. Then, finally, in the last month or two, I write the story.