I Consider All My Films

Personally, I Can't Stand Violence. In Any Standard American Mainstream Movie, There's 20 Times More Violence Than In Any One Of My Films, So I Don't Know Why Those Directors Aren't Asked Why They're Such Specialists For Violence.

I'm Interested In Seeing Films That Confront Me With New Things, With Films That Make Me Question Myself, With Films That Help Me To Reflect On Subjects That I Hadn't Thought About Before, Films That Help Me Progress And Advance.

I Don't Need A Psychiatrist. I Can Sort Out My Fears With My Work. That's The Privilege Of All Artists, To Be Able To Sort Out Their Unhappiness And Their Neuroses In Order To Create Something.

If I Tell The Audience What They Should Think, Then I Am Robbing Them Of Their Own Imagination And Their Own Capacity Of Deciding What's Important To Them.

It's A Fact That People Who Are In A Weakened Position, Whether Physically Or Mentally, Have This Perception Of The Outer World As Threatening. Everything That Is Unexpected Or Unknown Is Seen As A Potential Danger.