Bernardo Bertolucci

Dreamers' was because I really wanted to go back after I heard so much nonsense about '68. I wanted to go back to what for me was '68, when young people thought that they could change the world. ”

A monoculture is not only Hollywood, but Americans trying to export democracy. ”

Sometimes you are in sync with the times, sometimes you are in advance, sometimes you are late. ”

The conformist understands that the reason of his desperate look for conformism is that he realises he is different and that he never accepted his difference. ”

I remember being young in the 1960s... we had a great sense of the future, a great big hope. This is what is missing in the youth today. This being able to dream and to change the world. ”

I wanted to have a reaction from the audience. I wanted to be able to talk to somebody, and not be talking just to myself. That's when I did 'The Conformist,' 'Last Tango in Paris,' etc. And I found it was incredibly rewarding, something new. ”

I saw 'Avatar' and liked it very much. It was a great achievement. ”

I like to be in a huis clos, as the French say - in one place. It's something that in general can create a bit of claustrophobia. But for me, claustrophobia becomes almost immediately claustrophilia. I love it! ”

If I don't fall in love with my characters, I cannot shoot. ”

I am in love with the idea of doing a movie in 3D. I think 3D would be great in a kind of realistic normal story without throwing objects to the camera, but using the 3D on the emotions in an intimate story. ”