Beyond the beauty, the sex, the titillation, the surface, there is a human being. And that has to emerge.

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Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look...

Something pretty... that's just the surface. People worry so much about aging, but you look...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

I don't like the idea of separating life and work. That notion seems dated and...

I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch...

I'm always amazed when young women who are having babies want their husbands to watch...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

I can't belong to groups. I've tried. I behave normally, but people don't look at...

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image...

If you get trapped in the idea that what is most important is what image...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate,...

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

People's opinions don't interfere with me.

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

To give a character life in a short space of time, it helps if you...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...

Characters who are on screen from start to finish are not necessarily the ones who...

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

I don't like going where I've already been. Life is a myriad of territories to...

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a...

When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can't ever start a...

My aim in life is not to judge.

My aim in life is not to judge.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Sometimes the directors were afraid of what they brought out of me.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

Some children I have met are very beautiful. Some children are imbeciles, vulgar, terrible.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

I can be intimidating, but not within the confines of a film shoot.

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

To give and receive love, you have to be in touch with pain, you have...

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

Some people are addicts. If they don't act, they don't exist.

You should not separate your life from what you do.

You should not separate your life from what you do.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.

All those vitamins aren't to keep death at bay, they're to keep deterioration at bay.