During the actual filming, I’m not really listening to dialogue. I’m watching to see if the actors are communicating something and expressing somethi….

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail...Say what you are. Not what you would like to be. Not what yo….

I won't make shorthand films, because I don't want to manipulate audiences into assuming quick, manufactured truths..

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail..

To me there is a name for each person. I think it’s marvelous to have a name. A woman is not a woman. It’s either Gena or my mother or some other per….

People who are making films today are too concerned with mechanics - technical things instead of feeling..

You can fail in films because you don't have the talent, or you have too much humility, or you lack ferociousness. I'm a gangster. If I want somethin….

We don't take the time to be vulnerable with each other.

I’m very worried about the depiction of women on the screen. It’s gotten worse than ever and it’s related to their being either high- or low-class co….

I’ve never seen an exploding helicopter. I’ve never seen anybody go and blow somebody’s head off. So why should I make films about them? But I have s….

The greatest location in the world is the human face..

You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all..

Most people don't know what they want or feel. And for everyone, myself included, It's very difficult to say what you mean when what you mean is pain….

An artist can accomplish anything provided he doesn't accept facts or defeat for more than a few minutes..

I have the confidence that I can take anybody and have them give a good performance, because I don't think there's anything to acting except expressi….

Art films aren't necessarily photography. It's feeling. If we can capture a feeling of a people, of a way of life, then we made a good picture..

No matter how old you get, if you can keep the desire to be creative, you're keeping the man-child alive..

You can defeat fear through humor, through pain, through honesty, bravery, intuition, and through love in the truest sense..

My films are expressive of a culture that has had the possibility of attaining material fulfillment while at the same time finding itself unable to a….

We only have two hours to change people's lives..

Filmmaking is exploring. Why would I want to make a film about something I already understand?.