Sometimes I force myself. In the case of Domicile conjugal (1970) I laid down certain laws for myself. Henri Langlois, who loved Baisers volés (1968), said to me, `Now you have to get Jean-Pierre Léaud and Claude Jade married.`
When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it`s just wonderful.
The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of spectators will be proportional to the number of friends the director has.