When I obey a rule, I do not choose. I obey the rule blindly ..

What you see you become..

A woman never sees what we do for her, she only sees what we don't do..

I'm not saying it isn't frustrating that my films haven't gotten a bigger release, but I'm really happy with them and if you just keep cranking and e….

I'd like to believe that the people that have supported me in my work or identified with me in films, the people that feel they know me, they do and ….

How small a thought it takes to fill a life..

We is always so much better than I..

When I watch a film, I watch only as an audience and only later I might analyse it..

I don't see myself as ever being like anybody else..

Don't idolize me, idolize yourself..

Say what you will, making a marriage work is a woman's business..

Second films are, you know, like 'difficult second albums', so it's a tricky position to be in but I think he's made a highly accomplished film..

A film should be an experience. You should feel something. It should motivate you to feel something..

There is nothing outside of the text. [Fr., Il n'y a pas de hors-texte.].

Yes, there is some one I love, though he has not told me yet that he even loves me..

I didn't shoot anybody, no sir . . . I'm just a patsy..

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend..

I have always been first and foremost a cinephile, so making references to other films is second nature to me..

"You can eff off, too," I say, except I don't say eff, I say what 'eff' stands for..

It's not about what you're saying, it's about how you listen..

What can be sustained and repeated without emptying out?.