You Cannot Penetrate Events With Reportage.

When I Am Shooting A Film I Never Think Of How I Want To Shoot Something; I Simply Shoot It.

The Struggle For Life Is Not Only The Material And Economic One. Comfort Is No Protection From Anxiety.

Sometimes Actors' Mistakes Give Me Ideas I Can Use, Because Mistakes Are Always Sincere, Absolutely Sincere.

Till Now I Have Never Shot A Scene Without Taking Account Of What Stands Behind The Actors Because The Relationship Between People And Their Surroundings Is Of Prime Importance.

I Want My Characters To Suggest The Background In Themselves, Even When It Is Not Visible. I Want Them To Be So Powerfully Realized That We Cannot Imagine Them Apart From Their Physical And Social Context Even When We See Them In Empty Space.