We always regret that we did not ask our parents more, really get to know them while they were alive.
The anger and the creativity are so closely intertwined with me, and there's plenty of anger left.
I am forever living in my childhood.
When you're as chaotic as I am, you need a very firm structure in your life.
We didn't know that Mother had gone through a passionate love affair or that Father suffered from severe depression. Mother was preparing to break out of her marriage, Father threatening to take his own life.
I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
There are so many books I want to read. Difficult books. That's what I intend to do and what I'm longing for.
In 'The Serpent's Egg,' I created a Berlin which no one recognized, not even I.
I have always appreciated the honest brutality of the international film world. One need never doubt one's worth in the market. Mine was zero.
I was booed at the premiere of 'Miss Julie,' a remarkably stimulating experience.
If I let myself go, nothing will get done.
My education was very tough.
I was bloody ill-tempered when I was young.
People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.
On a personal level, there are many people who have meant a great deal to me. My father and mother were certainly of vital importance, not only in themselves but because they created a world for me to revolt against.
There hasn't been anyone with whom I can discuss my scripts. Even when the film is done, there is no one I can show it to who gives his sincere opinion. There is silence.
If I didn't have my profession, I think I would be sitting in a nuthouse. But I have been unceasingly at work, and this has been very healthy for me. So I had no need for therapy.
When you finish a film, you never want to see it again.
