As Long As I Take The Responsibility

In Real Life, When Someone's Partner Calls Them, They Can Tell From The First Word Their Partner Says What Their Mood Is.

Close-up Is A Very Particular Film In My Oeuvre. It's A Film That Was Made In A Very Particular Way; Mainly Because I Didn't Really Have The Time To Think About How To Go About Making The Film.

This [the Earthquake] Was A Very Big Influence On Me, And The Issue Of Life And Death From Then On Does Recur In My Films.

A Movie Is About Human Beings, About Humanity.

When We Start Shooting I Don't Have Rehearsals With Characters At All. So, Rather Than Pulling Them Towards Myself, I Travel Closer To Them; It's Very Much Closer To The Real Person Than Anything I Try To Create. So I Give Them Something But I Also Take From Them.