I Don't Generally Derive My Stories From

All The Different Nations In The World, Despite Their Differences Of Appearance And Religion And Language And Way Of Life, Still Have One Thing In Common, And That Is What's Inside Of All Of Us. If We X-rayed The Insides Of Different Human Beings, We Wouldn't Be Able To Tell From Those X-rays What The Person's Language Or Background Or Race Is.

The Film [close Up] Made Itself, To A Large Extent. The Characters Involved Were Very Real, I Wasn't Directing The Actors So Much As Being Directed By Them. So It Was A Very Particular Film.

I Wasn't Searching For A Common Denominator - I Started Wondering About The Challenge Of Working In Other Cultures. What I Reached Was The Sudden Acknowledgment Of The Universal Aspect Of Filmmaking.

We Are Nothing But A Link Between Our Culture And What We Can Actually Produce.

Children Are Very Strong And Independent Characters And Can Come Up With More Interesting Things Than Marlon Brando, And It's Sometimes Very Difficult To Direct Or Order Them To Do Something.