Anybody who speaks quietly and shrivels up in company is unbelievably arrogant.

I prefer people who rock the boat to people who jump out

If you've noticed that I don't use long takes, it's not because I don't like them, but because no one gives me the necessary means to treat myself to them. It's more economical to make one image, then this image and then that image, and try to control them later, in the editing studio.

If everyone worked with wide-angle lenses, I'd shoot all my films in 75mm, because I believe very strongly in the possibilities of the 75mm.

Criticism is the essence of creation.

Cinema as a means of expression fascinates me.

If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.