I've always said that the actor is only an element of the image, rarely the most important. The actor is important with his dialogue, with the landsc… - Michelangelo Antonioni

Everything depends on what you put in front of the camera, what perspectives you create, contrasts, colors. The cameraman can do great things, provided he is well grounded technically. If a person hasn't the raw material, I obviously couldn't do anything with him. But all I ask of a cameraman is technical experience. Everything else is up to me. I was amazed to find that in America cameramen are surprised that this is the way I work.

My characters are ambiguous. Call them that. I don't mind. I am ambiguous myself. Who isn't?

Don't regard my characters as symbols of a determined society. See them as something that sparks a reaction within you so that they become a personal experience. The critic is a spectator and an artist insofar as he transforms the work into a personal thing of his own.