In my childhood, America was like a religion. Then, real-life Americans abruptly entered my life - in jeeps - and upset all my dreams.

I admit that some of my ideas may have turned out to be pessimistic in nature.

It's difficult to find new solicitations, new expressions. But this is talking about filmmaking. Cinema.

It is hard to do a film that wants to say something because, unfortunately, most everything has been said.

It [film-making] really just has to do with my own ghosts and phantoms. And I have to say, in the end, it's just my way of seeing things.

There are directors, and there are authors. I think I am more of an author than a director.

Cinema through spectacle, through the entertainment of spectacle, tells the story of many actual problems in life. Because who ever doesn't want to read between the lines can just enjoy the entertainment and the show and can go home happy.