You cannot penetrate events with reportage.

Do you really think a man must be strong, masculine, dominating, and the woman frail, obedient and sensitive? This is a conventional idea. Reality is quite different.

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

I dislike judging myself, but I will say I would be wealthy today if I had accepted all the films that have been offered to me with large sums of money. But I've always refused, in order to do what I felt like doing.

Method actors are absolutely terrible. They want to direct themselves, and it's a disaster.

I began taking liberties a long time ago; now it is standard practice for most directors to ignore the rules.