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.

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's obscenity.

When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire.

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

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.

I did not have a reputation to defend.