To better understand a film's tendencies, it's best to first understand how the film expresses its tendencies. ——André Bazin (France)

I am old now. The older you get, the deeper you think. I can no longer grasp things on the surface of the water. I think underwater. ——Jean-Luc Godard (France)

When fantasy turns to love, intuition does not always follow. ——Eric Rohmer (France)

The foundation of film art lies in editing. ——Pudovkin (former Soviet Union)

Actors are also human beings, no different from others. A writer, painter, or musician can hide in a corner and lick his wounds clean, but an actor must endure the pain in public. ——Maureen Stapleton (USA)

My films are never meant to be realistic, they are mirrors, fragments of reality, almost like dreams. ——Ingmar Bergman (Sweden)

I am not interested in the development of the plot and the connection of events. I think that each of my films does not need a plot. ——Andrei Tarkovsky (former Soviet Union)