I Am Neither A Sociologist Nor A

We Live In A Society That Compels Us To Go On Using These Concepts, And We No Longer Know What They Mean.

Ingmar Bergman Is A Long Way From Me, But I Admire Him. He, Too, Concentrates A Great Deal On Individuals; And Although The Individual Is What Interests Him Most, We Are Very Far Apart. His Individuals Are Very Different From Mine; His Problems Are Different From Mine - But He's A Great Director. So Is Fellini, For That Matter.

Method Actors Are Absolutely Terrible. They Want To Direct Themselves, And It's A Disaster.

In Any Case, The Idea Of Giving "all" Of Reality Is Overly Simple And Absurd.

All The Characters In My Films Are Fighting These Problems, Needing Freedom, Trying To Find A Way To Cut Themselves Loose, But Failing To Rid Themselves Of Conscience, A Sense Of Sin, The Whole Bag Of Tricks.