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

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

My films are often characterized by the lack of women present in them, except for this last one [Once Upon a Time in America].

I've tried to consider stories that I have read, making them into films, but they would turn out unnatural. If a producer wants that, he should call other people. Not me.

It's natural to me that someone who loved that type of music or that type of spectacle would copy it, to do something, a video. It seems the most natural thing in the world to me.

I don't enter into particulars with [Ennio Morricone]. I give him the feeling and the suggestions of the characters.

I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.