Both sex and death are eternal themes. You could make thousands of movies on this theme, and whether you have a human being who is painting, singing, making a film, writing, these are the themes that you will come back to and return to. If you don't have any of these artistic expressions, sex is one of the only gifts that nature gave you for free, so it is very important to celebrate it. And then, with death, we are condemned to that. This is absolutely present in our lives.

The 1980s really ended for me in 1992 with the film Kika.

When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So this is the genesis of my creation. If I want to know what happens, if I want to find out the secret, I have to write it.

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

I used this line to demonstrate how important colors are in movies: It's not a caprice.

I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship.

Each actor is a very different person, and each one has to be directed very differently.