The Camera Is The Slave To The

People Who Are Making Films Today Are Too Concerned With Mechanics - Technical Things Instead Of Feeling.

I Won't Make Shorthand Films, Because I Don't Want To Manipulate Audiences Into Assuming Quick, Manufactured Truths.

To Me There Is A Name For Each Person. I Think It’s Marvelous To Have A Name. A Woman Is Not A Woman. It’s Either Gena Or My Mother Or Some Other Person.

During The Actual Filming, I’m Not Really Listening To Dialogue. I’m Watching To See If The Actors Are Communicating Something And Expressing Something. I’m Just Watching A Conversation. You’re Not Aware Of Exactly What People Are Saying. You Are Aware Of What They Are Intending And What Kind Of Feeling Is Going On In That Scene.

I’ve Never Seen An Exploding Helicopter. I’ve Never Seen Anybody Go And Blow Somebody’s Head Off. So Why Should I Make Films About Them? But I Have Seen People Destroy Themselves In The Smallest Way, I’ve Seen People Withdraw, I’ve Seen People Hide Behind Political Ideas, Behind Dope, Behind The Sexual Revolution, Behind Fascism, Behind Hypocrisy, And I’ve Myself Done All These Things. So I Can Understand Them. What We Are Saying Is So Gentle. It’s Gentleness. We Have Problems, Terrible Problems, But Our Problems Are Human Problems.