"Filmmaking is an organic process from start to finish, so there should be many surprises along the way. You never kno…"

"When I was young, the idea of “world cinema” didn’t exist. We would watch any films that we could find in the cinemas…"

"I like Latin American literature a lot and I’ve always thought Latin American, and Italian people are very close to C…"

"We all need stories. What happens in our daily lives changes our stories."

"Just make the film. Action is the first word you must learn. And the second is patience. As a filmmaker you must wait…"

"It was my dream! I wanted to know what exactly martial arts is. When you look at martial arts films, the later ones b…"

"You try to cope with the mass audience, but in fact you are not doing something for them—I would be fighting with mys…"

"Of course, people are more affected by actors or acting. But as a filmmaker, I need some logic. And this was my logic…"

"We always put something in front of the camera because we wanted to create the feeling that the audience was one of t…"

"It takes less effort to stream a film at home these days. However, streaming should not fundamentally affect how a fi…"