Often To Understand, We Have To Look

I Meant Exactly What I Said: That We Are Saddled With A Culture That Hasn't Advanced As Far As Science.

I Want My Characters To Suggest The Background In Themselves, Even When It Is Not Visible. I Want Them To Be So Powerfully Realized That We Cannot Imagine Them Apart From Their Physical And Social Context Even When We See Them In Empty Space.

I've Always Played Down The Drama In My Films. In My Main Scenes, There's Never An Opportunity For An Actor To Let Go Of Everything He's Got Inside. I Always Try To Tone Down The Acting, Because My Stories Demand It, To The Point Where I Might Change A Script So That An Actor Has No Opportunity To Come Out Well.

It's Obvious That I Must Explain What I Want From An Actor, But I Don't Want To Discuss Everything I Ask Him To Do, Because Often My Requests Are Completely Instinctive And There Are Things I Can't Explain. It's Like Painting: You Don't Know Why You Use Pink Instead Of Blue. You Simply Feel That's How It Should Be - Pink. Then The Phone Rings And You Answer It. When You Come Back, You Don't Want Pink Anymore And You Use Blue - Without Knowing Why. You Can't Help It; That's Just The Way It Is.

When You Work On A Character, You Form In Your Mind An Image Of What He Ought To Look Like. Then You Go And Find One Who Resembles Him.