Occupation: Film Director Birth: June 27, 1941 Death: March 13, 1996
Different people in different parts of the world can be thinking the same thoughts at the same time. It's an obsession of mine: that different people….
I have one good characteristic: I'm a pessimist, so I always imagine the worst - always. To me, the future is a black hole..
Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editi….
For me optimism is two lovers walking into the sunset arm in arm. Or maybe into the sunrise - whatever appeals to you..
You have to want to make a film for other reasons - to say something, to tell a story, to show somebody's fate - but you can't want to make a film si….
There are mysteries, secret zones in each individual..
I like chance meetings - life is full of them. Every day, without realising it, I pass people whom I should know..
We all steal, but if we're smart we steal from great directors. Then, we can call it influence..
I believe the life of every person is worthy of scrutiny, containing its own secrets and dramas..
The realm of superstitions, fortune-telling, presentiments, intuition, dreams, all this is the inner life of a human being, and all this is the harde….
Of course I'd like to get beyond the concrete. But it's really difficult. Very difficult..
Someone knocks at the door of an apartment to borrow salt or sugar, people run into each other in the elevator, and in this way become inscribed in t….
I have no problem being with people of different nationalities..
This man (Bergman) is one of the few film directors-perhaps the only one in the world-to have said as much about human nature as Dostoevsky or Camus..
That's the greatest sin a director can commit; to make a film simply because he wants to make a film..
The relationship between the films and the individual Commandments [is] a tentative one. The films should be influenced by the individual Commandment….
(When asked what a director does) I help..
The television industry doesn't like to see the compexity of the world. It prefers simple reporting, with simple ideas: this is white, that's black; ….
Documentaries deal with people who live real, everyday lives. But if these people trusted us and told us the truth about their lives, it could be use….
I really don't know anything about music, and it's no great experience for me. But I do think that music has a purifying element..
I like chance meetings--life is full of them. Everyday, without realizing it, I pass people whom I should know. At this moment, in this cafe, we're s….