Film Is, To Me, Just

As An Artist, I Feel That We Must Try Many Things - But Above All We Must Dare To Fail...say What You Are. Not What You Would Like To Be. Not What You Have To Be. Just Say What You Are. And What You Are Is Good Enough.

To Me There Is A Name For Each Person. I Think It’s Marvelous To Have A Name. A Woman Is Not A Woman. It’s Either Gena Or My Mother Or Some Other Person.

My Films Are Expressive Of A Culture That Has Had The Possibility Of Attaining Material Fulfillment While At The Same Time Finding Itself Unable To Accomplish The Simple Business Of Conducting Human Lives. We Have Been Sold A Bill Of Goods As A Substitute For Life. What Is Needed Is Reassurance In Human Emotions; A Re-evaluation Of Our Emotional Capacities.

I Won't Make Shorthand Films, Because I Don't Want To Manipulate Audiences Into Assuming Quick, Manufactured Truths.

(acting) Is An Extension Of Life. How You're Capable Of Performing In Your Life, That's How You're Capable Of Performing On Screen.