Film

“If we distracted people for an hour and a half, that's fine.”

“El cine es tanto para mí… Es una forma de construir, de estar cerca de la gente, de la humanidad, de comprender el porqué de nuestra existencia…”

“El espíritu de la película son los actores, definitivamente.”

“Although Japanese producers possess this unique and splendid land called Japan, they do not make a single film aimed for overseas. Isn’t it a colossal loss that they let it be stolen from them by the hands of foreigners?”

“The shot is a montage cell.”

“Every shot should be something new.”

“I love films that touch me deep inside my heart and soul, that grow inside me, infect and consume me.”

“I make pictures for myself.”

“We all formed a gang. We were friends and saw each other's films enthusiastically.”

“J'ai toujours dit que c'est pas moi qui ait choisi La Mort à Venise, c'est La Mort à Venise qui m'a choisi.”

“I am filmmaker not an author, the motion picture is my medium of expression not the written word.”

“Cinema must please people. It is a medium that has to affect people, masses, millions.”

“I fought for a radical cinema, and I continued all my life.”

““When you’re shooting a film, you can convince yourself that death does not exist.””

“Meskipun saya telah membuat dua film sebelum “Darah dan Doa”, film itu saya rasakan sebagai film saya yang pertama.”

“I don't use storyboards, but the opening montage of Aliwan was supposed to look like a commercial.”

“I have always conceived of cinema, the things I’ve made, as having a representation of life.”

“I want to tell them to see films here [pointing to his heart—ed.] because I make films thinking that way.”