I accept all interpretations of my films. The only reality is before the camera. Each film I make is kind of a return to poetry for me, or at least an attempt to create a poem.

I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it!

I make movies in order to make things understood, not to be shocking.

I don't film messages. I let the post office take care of those.

If you mention any ideological thing about shooting 'Last Tango in Paris,' I was thinking I was doing a political film.

I am still against any kind of censorship. It's a subject in my life that has been very important.