One of the problems of the future world will be the use of leisure time. How will it be filled up? Maybe drugs will be distributed free of charge by the government.

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

Everyone has understood me in his own way. But I would have to understand myself first in order to judge - and so far, I haven't.

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

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

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.

Another reason for switching to color is world television. In a few years, it will all be in color, and you can't compete against that with black-and-white films.