I Was Born At A Bad Time

There Is A Mysterious Stillness And Intimacy Of A Woman Doing Her Hair And Make-up Which Attracts Me.

If I Had Not Been Successful As A Director, Then I'm Sure I Would Still Be Telling Stories. I Would Have Continued On 16mm Or Found A Different Medium Through Which To Tell Them. Maybe They Would Have Been Less Glamorous Than Films, But I Would Continue To Tell Stories.

It's A Pity That I Can Never Really Enjoy My Movies Because, After The Mixing, Your Capacity As A Spectator Just Disappears. I Have To Think About What I Felt Just Before The Mixing.

After The Enormous Success Of All About My Mother, All The Awards And Everything, I Wanted To Start A Movie In Exactly The Same Place That I Used To Be Before. I Wanted To Show That All Of The Success Had Not Changed My Perception.

Hospitals Are Places That You Have To Stay In For A Long Time, Even If You Are A Visitor. Time Doesn't Seem To Pass In The Same Way In Hospitals As It Does In Other Places. Time Seems To Almost Not Exist In The Same Way As It Does In Other Places.