“I like unformed characters. This may be because, no matter how old I get, I am still unformed myself.”

I can’t afford to hate anyone. I don’t have that kind of time.

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.

A truly good movie is enjoyable too. There’s nothing complicated about it.

To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes.

It’s easy to explain the psychological state of a character at a particular moment, but it’s very difficult to describe it through the delicate nuances of action and dialogue. Yet it is not impossible.

While the cameras are rolling, I rarely look directly at the actors, but focus my gaze somewhere else.

They often reveal much about themselves in a very straightforward way. I am certain that I did. There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

With a good script a good director can produce a masterpiece; with the same script a mediocre director can make a passable film. But with a bad script even a good director can’t possibly make a good film.

That is what makes a real movie. The script must be something that has the power to do this.

For truly cinematic expression, the camera and the microphone must be able to cross both fire and water.

He is still my favourite author, and he is the one – I still think – who writes most honestly about human existence.

The role of the artist is to not look away.

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away.

There is nothing that says more about its creator than the work itself.

The truth is in the mystery.

What nurtures this root and makes it grow into a tree is the script. What makes the tree bear flowers and fruit is the directing.

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

He may follow me; and if truth be on his side, I may follow him.

On peut dire que son esprit brille aux dépens de sa mémoire (One may say that his wit shines by the help of his memory).

Twentieth-century art may start with nothing, but it flourishes by virtue of its belief in itself.

In the United States businessmen often do not trust their colleagues.

We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone.

Too much FANTASY loses REALITY, too much HOPE may seem somehow EMPTY.

We may think that we love certain people, but we don’t know how profoundly we love them.