I Make Film To Make Time Pass.

If You Have $300,000 To Shoot A Cigarette On A Table, It's An Enormous Amount Of Money. Maybe That's Why My Movies Are The Way They Are. But It's The Only Way I Can Make A Living.

Something That I Like In Movies, And I Dislike Too, Is That They Can't Be Projected Well.

When I Have A Low Budget I Always Try To Make It A Lesson In Economy.

Through Most Of My Career I've Made A Decent Living Making Movies No One Wants To See.

The Cinema Is Not An Art Which Films Life: The Cinema Is Something Between Art And Life. Unlike Painting And Literature, The Cinema Both Gives To Life And Takes From It, And I Try To Render This Concept In My Films. Literature And Painting Both Exist As Art From The Very Start; The Cinema Doesn't.