I think anybody who was ever saddened by a movie theater closing would be able to understand this film [Aquarius].

The way I see it, I belong to the film as any other department.

We can bring to characters dark and bright sides that nobody even dreams about.

When I talk to [my kids], I remember my father talking to me, so it's understandable that I would make a film like "Aquarius." A very good friend of mine saw the film, and she said it was clear that it had been made by someone who had just become a father.

I'm not saying that we need more stories about people of a certain age, we just need more great stories about people.

I like visual arts, and what I love doing is participating in the making of it.

Sônia Braga reacted in a beautiful way to the draft I sent her, so we just made the film ["Aquarius"] as I had written it. Emilie [Lesclaux], my wife and producer, told me, "This is not a two-hour film. This is going to be longer." And I said, "Well, let's try and make it work, whatever length it is."