So I Left With Jean Claude And

You Really See Life Around The Principals To Be As Important As The Main, Principal Actors. That's What Cinéma Vérité Taught Me - That It's Not A Question Of Having A Main Character, A Great Actor, And The Rest Is Unimportant. Every Detail, Every Face In The Crowd Is Important.

The Worst Evil Is - And That's The Product Of Censorship - Is The Self-censorship, Because That Twists Spines, That Destroys My Character Because I Have To Think Something Else And Say Something Else, I Have To Always Control Myself.

When You Finish A Film, Before The First Paying Audience Sees It, You Don't Have Any Idea. You Don't Know If You Made A Success Or A Flop, When It Comes To The Box Office.

First Of All, To Defend My Work, I Had To Believe That I Am Doing A Totally Silly, Stupid, Innocent Comedy.

I Lived Long Enough In A Society Where Freedom Of Speech Was Nonexistent, And I Know What Kind Of Misery That Creates - Starting With The Fact That Life Becomes Very Boring For People Who Just Try To Survive, And Are Quiet, And Try Not To Buck The System. And, Of Course, It Can Be Devastating For People Who Try To Speak Against It.