If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director.

Working with the same people is so much quicker and frees up your energy for other things.

What stirs my passion is making cinema, and that means doing different things, making different types of films.

Sometimes it only takes three words, so long as they're the right words, to direct an actor in the right way.

What I expect of a movie reviewer is that he should love cinema as much as I do.

I'm not one to dwell on rehearsal or preparation.

I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.