Women Are A Finer Filter Of Reality.

I Rarely Feel The Desire To Reread A Scene The Day Before The Shooting. Sometimes I Arrive At The Place Where The Work Is To Be Done And I Do Not Even Know What I Am Going To Shoot. This Is The System I Prefer: To Arrive At The Moment When Shooting Is About To Begin, Absolutely Unprepared, Virgin. I Often Ask To Be Left Alone On The Spot For Fifteen Minutes Or Half An Hour And I Let My Thoughts Wander Freely.

People Are Always Misquoting Me.

I Simply Know What The Actor's Attitude Should Be And What He Should Say. He Doesn't, Because He Can't See The Relationship That Begins To Exist Between His Body And The Other Things In The Scene.

In Any Case, The Idea Of Giving "all" Of Reality Is Overly Simple And Absurd.

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.