Both sex and death are eternal themes. You could make thousands of movies on this theme, and whether you have a human being who is painting, singing,….

When I start writing, the first line might come from reality, but the second and the third one, I have to write it. So this is the genesis of my crea….

I am partly not conscious of structure with my movies, but this is when I am writing. I leave my mind very free, and then I correct it after..

All my movies have an autobiographical dimension, but that is indirectly, through the characters. In fact I am behind everything that happens and tha….

Once we actually have the production script after many rewrites, at that point is when I start to decide what the look and colors will be. I work lik….

Yes, women are stronger than us. They face more directly the problems that confront them, and for that reason they are much more spectacular to talk ….

I think that the consciousness of passion makes you act very differently..

I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship..

Cukor is one of my favorite directors. He was a master at directing women..

I don't want to imitate life in movies; I want to represent it. And in that representation, you use the colors you feel, and sometimes they are fake ….

When I make a film, I never stop uncovering mysteries, making discoveries. When I'm writing, filming, editing, even doing promotional work, I discove….

Cinema has become my life. I dont mean a parallel world, I mean my life itself. I sometimes have the impression that the daily reality is simply ther….

A dead love never dies..

The silent film has a lot of meanings. The first part of the film is comic. It represents the burlesque feel of those silent films. But I think that ….

I don't want the director to have to make any decisions except to say "action" and "cut.".

My mother was an extremely creative woman, despite the fact that she lived the life of a rural housewife..

If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different mediu….

As a woman, she [Penelope Cruz] obviously has changed as she has become an adult. But, as an actress, I actually might say that she has not changed ….

I think décor says a lot about someone's social position, their taste, their sensibility, their work - and also about the aesthetic way I have chosen….

I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema..

I'm really a nightmare for the fashion designer because I take away all of his authority, and I become the authority, and I turn him into my assistan….