At the time I belonged to the socialist party, and Hitler came to power.

Intellectualism came very late to America. That's why Americans are so proud of it. I found very few real intellectuals in America. But there are so many pseudo-intellectuals.

At the same time, of course, Marxism arose - Rosa Luxembourg, Leninism, anarchism - and art became political.

My idea at this time, which was slowly developing, was to create a comedie humaine with little people, average people - samples from every period in American life.

I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.

And in movies you must be a gambler. To produce films is to gamble.