When I was young, I believed in three things: Marxism, the redemptive power of cinema, and dynamite. Now I just believe in dynamite.

There was also the myth of the western films. But my films are borrowed not from the story of the West in America but from the story of cinema.

I think that men of my generation - not me in particular - are among the most fortunate men in the universe.

Producing films was a distraction for me for which I payed dearly.

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

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

When you manage to express something with a look and the music instead of saying it with words or having the character speak, I think it's a more complete work.