Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too. Now go ahead ….

It's easy to direct while acting - there's one less person to argue with..

I would love to make a film about aging that would take place before the war. It would follow the stages in the life of a woman who would not have at….

The torches ran off, and I found myself in a forest, at night, without any light, on skis, and that was not fun - particularly because I was drunk. L….

When I really love a movie, I don't want to spoil it by too frequent visits. But I like to come back to certain films, which I admire..

I can only say that whatever my life and work have been, I'm not envious of anyone - and this is my biggest satisfaction..

I simply think there's life after movies. I have to adhere to this philosophy, and therefore I like other things, and I have other passions. None are….

I don't think that there would be more users if drugs were legalized..

The whole showmanship is NOT to answer every question..

I want people to go to the movies. I am the man of the spectacle. I'm playing..

I don't really know what is shocking. When you tell the story of a man who is beheaded, you have to show how they cut off his head. If you don't, it'….

Happy endings make me puke..

Cinema should make you forget you are sitting in a theater..

I never made a film which fully satisfied me..

If you have a great passion it seems that the logical thing is to see the fruit of it, and the fruit are children..

I did not have a reputation to defend..

I don't rehash the past. It's my baggage. That's all. I accept things as they are..

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset people, then that's ….

It's very important to set your place in a concrete environment. I think Chekhov said that the important thing when you have a play or any kind of no….

I like skiing, among other things, because I have moments when I am alone in the mountains. That's fantastic, when there's nobody around you. You see….

I know that atmosphere of the Parisian apartment building, with the twin menaces of the concierge on the ground floor and the landlord upstairs..