The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question.

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction.

I don't think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized.

My films are the expression of momentary desires. I follow my instincts, but in a disciplined way.

The torches ran off, and I found myself in a forest, at night, without any light, on skis, and that was not fun - particularly because I was drunk. Luckily at some point I started to see the light of the ski lift. To be in the forest in the middle of the night, it's terrible.

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.

Some experience is helpful. "The Pianist" was a film that I could make with my eyes closed because I had lived it and everything was still alive in me.