[...] When you go all the way that way, it isn’t really about making movies anymore. It’s about trying to find yourself, to understand yourself, through a character. Too many actors and directors lie according to fashion. They earn millions of dollars without really knowing why; they listen to advice about payments on a house which they can’t afford, so that in the end they are no longer artists but businessmen. Most people who work for a studio simply want to make financially and critically successful movies. That’s not my goal. My criteria are that I enjoy it, that it puts into question some of the feelings that I or others have, that the actors have good parts and that the characters express themselves with a certain amount of dignity, even if they show themselves in a ridiculous light.