It's Difficult Because You Can't Generalise About

There Are Really Two Types Of Laughter On The Part Of The Spectator. There Is The Laughter Of Recognition - Which Means Seeing Things You're Familiar With And Laughing At Yourself. But There's Also Hysterical Laughter - A Way Of Dealing With The Things We See That Upset Us.

If I'm Reading A Book That Doesn't Leave Me With Questions, Moving Questions, That I Feel Confronted With, Then For Me It's A Waste Of Time. I Don't Want To Read A Book That Simply Confirms What I Already Know.

When Ideas Lead To Ideology, That's A Very Dangerous Thing. Ideology Then Leads To Creating The Image Of An Enemy, And It Leads To The Murder And Massacre.

If A Director Says He Doesn't Care How Many People See His Films At All, I Simply Don't Believe Him. Otherwise Why Would He Bother To Make The Film? The Only Explanation Would Be That It Would Be An Act Of Masturbation. I Think That Every Creator Is Looking For A Receptor. He's Looking For An Audience. There Are Two Parts Of The Equation: A Creator And, Necessarily, The Receiver Of The Work. It's The Same Thing For A Painter Who Wants His Paintings To Be Seen.

I'm Interested In Seeing Films That Confront Me With New Things, With Films That Make Me Question Myself, With Films That Help Me To Reflect On Subjects That I Hadn't Thought About Before, Films That Help Me Progress And Advance.