A Scene Has To Have

It's Untrue To Say The Colors I Use Are Not Those Of Reality. They Are Real: The Red I Use Is Red; The Green, Green; Blue, Blue; And Yellow, Yellow. It's A Matter Of Arranging Them Differently From The Way I Find Them, But They Are Always Real Colors. So It's Not True That When I Tint A Road Or A Wall, They Become Unreal. They Stay Real, Though Colored Differently For My Scene.

I Simply Know What The Actor's Attitude Should Be And What He Should Say. He Doesn't, Because He Can't See The Relationship That Begins To Exist Between His Body And The Other Things In The Scene.

I've Always Dreamed Of Getting To Know The Women Of Other Countries Better. When I Was A Boy, I Remember, I Used To Get Angry At The Thought That I Did Not Know German Or American Or Swedish Women.

A Film You Can Explain In Words Is Not A Real Film.

I Rarely Feel The Desire To Reread A Scene The Day Before The Shooting. Sometimes I Arrive At The Place Where The Work Is To Be Done And I Do Not Even Know What I Am Going To Shoot. This Is The System I Prefer: To Arrive At The Moment When Shooting Is About To Begin, Absolutely Unprepared, Virgin. I Often Ask To Be Left Alone On The Spot For Fifteen Minutes Or Half An Hour And I Let My Thoughts Wander Freely.