Sometimes it's easier for me to do films about, and with, women, because I have more distance, I'm more lucid.

I think, when you are the prostitute... you don't want to be coming.

It's funny how people want to sometimes think that Young and Beautiful film is about all adolescents, but it's just the case of one girl. It doesn't mean all the adolescents are like that, of course.

There is a kind of syndrome of girls who want to dirty themselves. They have the power. They control everything.

Speaking with many young people, they act like their virginity is something you have to turn the page very quickly on. "It's done."

If only employees knew this...there is no hand out just because you got a degree. You still gotta make $ for the biz (employer), if you choose not to make $ for yourself (freelancer / ent).

Work and love - these are the basics. Without them there is neurosis.

I know my dad always wanted to heal the world, and so I think it would be great to follow in his footsteps.

I only make notes, I don't write dialogues in full. And the notes are very much based on my knowledge of person.

The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.

The training of the mind is an art. If this can be considered art, one's life is art.

Why should I? When someone insulted Caruso, did he sing an aria for him?

I'd never make a film that I am not passionate about. My whole life, I've only made the films I wanted to make, even when I had limited means.

If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

Honey, I don't care, I ain't in love with your hair, and if it all fell out I'd love you anyway.