The American public is a very specialized public.

It's very difficult to be original.

I think women have always been considered objects, especially in the genre of westerns.

Women had enormous weight in America. And they still have. Because they are truly the padrone [owners, masters] of America.

The first must that any director has is to not force his public.

I never worry about what they think about me. Because I feel so far away from what my Italian colleagues have done that I almost automatically become an isolated director.

Sometimes, I even recite the role to the actor if it's not clear. And I beg them not to imitate me, because I'm not a good actor.