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

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

Normally, however, I try to avoid repetitions of any shot.

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.

A film you can explain in words is not a real film.

I've always played down the drama in my films. In my main scenes, there's never an opportunity for an actor to let go of everything he's got inside. I always try to tone down the acting, because my stories demand it, to the point where I might change a script so that an actor has no opportunity to come out well.

All the characters in my films are fighting these problems, needing freedom, trying to find a way to cut themselves loose, but failing to rid themselves of conscience, a sense of sin, the whole bag of tricks.