Women Are A Finer Filter Of Reality.

Before Each New Setup, I Chase Everyone Off The Set In Order To Be Alone And Look Through The Camera. In That Moment, The Film Seems Quite Easy. But Then The Others Come In And Everything Becomes Difficult.

I Am Neither A Sociologist Nor A Politician. All I Can Do Is Imagine For Myself What The Future Will Be Like.

Ingmar Bergman Is A Long Way From Me, But I Admire Him. He, Too, Concentrates A Great Deal On Individuals; And Although The Individual Is What Interests Him Most, We Are Very Far Apart. His Individuals Are Very Different From Mine; His Problems Are Different From Mine - But He's A Great Director. So Is Fellini, For That Matter.

When I'm Sure I Have A Story, I Call My Collaborators And We Begin To Discuss It. And We Conduct Studies Of Certain Subjects To Make Sure Of Our Terrain. Then, Finally, In The Last Month Or Two, I Write The Story.

It's Untrue To Say The Colors I Use Are Not Those Of Reality. They Are Real: The Red I Use Is Red; The Green, Green; Blue, Blue; And Yellow, Yellow. It's A Matter Of Arranging Them Differently From The Way I Find Them, But They Are Always Real Colors. So It's Not True That When I Tint A Road Or A Wall, They Become Unreal. They Stay Real, Though Colored Differently For My Scene.