Is it possible to succeed without any act of betrayal?

A Director Makes Only One Movie in His Life. Then He Breaks It Into Pieces and Makes It Again.

When a friend speaks to me, whatever he says is interesting.

The saving grace of the cinema is that with patience, and a little love, we may arrive at that wonderfully complex creature which is called man.

The foundation of all civilization is loitering.

The awful thing about life is this: everyone has their reasons.

A film director is not a creator, but a midwife. His business is to deliver the actor of a child that he did not know he had inside him.

The only things that are important in life are the things you remember.

The advantage of being eighty years old is that one has many people to love.

I am against great themes and great subjects... You can't film an idea. The camera is an instrument for recording physical impact.

There is no realism in American films. No realism, but something much better, great truth.

We live in a world that relies on technology.

Nothing great can come of more than three people in a room.

Confession is like a bridle that keeps the soul which reflects on it from committing sin, but anything left unconfessed we continue to do without fear as if in the dark.

Black-and-whit e always looks modern, whatever that word means.

I didn’t want or expect this. But I couldn’t resist you.

You'd be surprised at how undemanding acting is

If your first scene doesn't give you a hard on, throw it out!

If a man cannot forget, he will never amount to much.

Every great action is extreme when it is undertaken. Only after it has been accomplished does it seem possible to those creatures of more common stuff.

The breath of springtime at this twilight hour Comes through the gathering glooms, And bears the stolen sweets of many a flower Into my silent rooms.