Often To Understand, We Have To Look

I've Always Dreamed Of Getting To Know The Women Of Other Countries Better. When I Was A Boy, I Remember, I Used To Get Angry At The Thought That I Did Not Know German Or American Or Swedish Women.

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.

A Woman's Sex Appeal Is An Inner Matter. It Stems From Her Mental Make-up, Basically. It's An Attitude, Not Just A Question Of Her Physical Features - That Arrogant Quality In A Woman's Femininity. Otherwise, All Beautiful Women Would Have Sex Appeal, Which Is Not So.

I May Film Scenes I Had No Intention Of Filming; Things Suggest Themselves On Location, And We Improvise. I Try Not To Think About It Too Much. Then, In The Cutting Room, I Take The Film And Start To Put It Together, And Only Then Do I Begin To Get An Idea Of What It Is About.

Normally, However, I Try To Avoid Repetitions Of Any Shot.