Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

When I make a film, I never stop uncovering mysteries, making discoveries. When I'm writing, filming, editing, even doing promotional work, I discover new things about the film, about myself, and about others. That is what I'm subconsciously looking for when shooting a film: to glimpse the enigmas of life, even if I don't resolve them, but at least to uncover them. Cinema is curiosity in the most intense meaning of the word.

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women.

Hospitals are places that you have to stay in for a long time, even if you are a visitor. Time doesn't seem to pass in the same way in hospitals as it does in other places. Time seems to almost not exist in the same way as it does in other places.

I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after.

Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

I make movies for my needs. My goal has never, never, never been to make shocking movie.