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

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

Reality has a quality of freedom about it that is hard to explain.

Nothing regarding man is ever inhuman. That's why I make films, not iceboxes.

A woman's sex appeal is an inner matter. It stems from her mental make-up, basically. It's an attitude, not just a question of her physical features - that arrogant quality in a woman's femininity. Otherwise, all beautiful women would have sex appeal, which is not so.

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

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.