A Dead Love Never Dies.

There Is A Mysterious Stillness And Intimacy Of A Woman Doing Her Hair And Make-up Which Attracts Me.

Yes, Women Are Stronger Than Us. They Face More Directly The Problems That Confront Them, And For That Reason They Are Much More Spectacular To Talk About. I Don't Know Why I Am More Interested In Women, Because I Don't Go To Any Psychiatrists, And I Don't Want To Know Why.

All My Movies Have An Autobiographical Dimension, But That Is Indirectly, Through The Characters. In Fact I Am Behind Everything That Happens And That Is Said, But I Am Never Talking About Myself In First Person. Something In Me - Probably A Dislike Of Cheap Exhibitionism- Stops Me From Approaching A Project Too Autobiographically.

Even Though I Love My Mother, I Didn't Want To Make An Idealized Portrait Of Her. I'm Fascinated More By Her Defects - They Are Funnier Than Her Other Qualities.

I Was Born At A Bad Time For Spain, But A Really Good One For Cinema.