The best films are those that make you forget you're watching a film.

最好的电影是那些让你忘记你正在看电影的电影。

A director must be a policeman, a midwife, a psychoanalyst, a sycophant and a bastard.

导演必须是警察、助产士、心理分析师、马屁精和混蛋。

The cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake.

电影不是生活的一片段，而是一块蛋糕。

Every film is a journey, and every journey is a film.

每一部电影都是一次旅程，每一次旅程都是一部电影。

The camera is a fluid way of encountering the reality of the world.

相机是遇见世界现实的一种流动方式。

To make a film is to try to communicate with the world, to share a vision, a dream, a nightmare.

制作电影是试图与世界沟通，分享一个愿景、一个梦想、一个噩梦。

The theme of a film should emerge from the film itself, not be imposed upon it.

电影的主题应该从电影本身中浮现，而不是强加于它。

A film is - or should be - more like music than like fiction. It should be a progression of moods and feelings.

电影是——或者说应该是——更像音乐而不是小说。它应该是情绪和感觉的进展。

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

艺术家的任务不是屈服于绝望，而是为存在的空虚找到解药。

Cinema is a mirror by which we often see ourselves.

电影是一面镜子，通过它我们经常看到自己。