Maybe When I Stop Making Movies, I'll

I First Came To Cinema As A Passionate Filmgoer, When I Was A Child. Then, When I Was A Very Young Man, I Became A Film Critic Precisely Because Of My Knowledge Of Cinema. I Did Better Than Others Because Of This. Then I Moved On To Screenwriting. I Wrote A Film With Sergio Leone, 'once Upon A Time In The West.' And Then I Moved To Directing.

If You Make A Film Normally It's All Right, The Distributors Are Helpful And Cooperative. But If You Make A Film That's A Little Stange, A Little Bizarre, Then All The Time It's A Struggle With Them.

Films Are Dreams. Many, Many Critics Say To Me That My Films Are Not Good Because They Are Too Unbelievable, But This Is My Style. I Tell Stories Like They Are Dreams. This Is My Imagination. For Me, It Would Be Impossible To Do A Film That Is So Precise, That Resembles Real Life.

I Like Films To Have Something Inside, I Don't Mean A Message, I Mean Something From The Soul.

I've Been Lucky Enough To Have Had The Luxury Of Being Able To Make The Picture I've Wanted To Make Each Time On My Own Terms And Without Compromise.