I think I'm no different to my friends who are doctors or businessmen or architects - we all started watching films of the golden age together. But w….

I have received the digital camera as a blessing. It has really changed my life as a filmmaker, because I don't use my camera anymore as a camera. I ….

The film [Close Up] made itself, to a large extent. The characters involved were very real, I wasn't directing the actors so much as being directed b….

In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they shoul….

I really think that I don't mind people sleeping during my films, because I know that some very good films might prepare you for sleeping or falling ….

Despite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitiviti….

When you take a tree that is rooted in the ground, and transfer it from one place to another, the tree will no longer bear fruit. And if it does, the….

I did not have a script [of Close Up]. I made notes in the evenings and we filmed during the day over 40 days.I didn't sleep a wink for those 40 nigh….

I do think that we are sometimes, as directors, guilty of portraying or asking our actors to behave in certain ways that are perhaps not very morally….

I think Woody Allen is Woody Allen, and no matter where he goes he still makes his Woody Allen films..

Close-Up is a very particular film in my oeuvre. It's a film that was made in a very particular way; mainly because I didn't really have the time to ….

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming..

Anything I've not experienced I do not look to for a subject. I have to feel it..

I prefer the countryside to cities. This is also true of my films: I have made more films in rural societies, and villages, than in towns..

People have curiosity, they have intelligence, they have interest in understanding their peers. But producers and directors of cinema have decided th….

We don't look at each other [in the car], but instead do so only when we want to. We're allowed to look around without appearing rude. We have a big ….

I'm still very grateful to digital cameras in general, but I didn't have this feeling with the RED one..

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind..

In order to be able to cooperate with a child, you have to come down to below their level in order to communicate with them. Actors are also like chi….

The experience of life teaches us that being like someone in love is more real, because everything is uncertain..

Therefore, when you see the end result, it's difficult to see who's the director, me or them. Ultimately, everything belongs to the actors - we just ….