Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs.

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are as big as movie-making, but they exist.

Normal love isn't interesting. I assure you that it's incredibly boring.

I consider myself more a craftsman than an artist.

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater.