If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children.

The best films are because of nobody but the director.

I sometimes cry in the moments that are not necessarily dramatic or tragic in the films, often because of the music. I wonder whether it's the music that has that effect on you in this film.

It's easy to direct while acting - there's one less person to argue with.

I never made a film which fully satisfied me.

I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in the life of a woman who would not have at her disposal the resources of today like cosmetic surgery, creams and pills.

Happy endings make me puke.