At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless.

I believe that you must be madly in love with cinema to create films. You also need a huge cinematic baggage.

It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I want to leave them wondering.

I move from realism to fantasy without the spectator ever noticing.

There is no greater solitude than that of the samurai unless it is that of the tiger in the jungle... Perhaps...

You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

Just finished [Capitalist in North Korea]—fascinating! What an experience. Wow." —Justin Rohrlich, Emmy Award Winner, Head Writer, Minyanville's World In Review

For whom do you cry, my son?” the Great Spirit asked.“I do not know.”“Yes, you do.

Derivatives - The risk never leaves the system - It finds taker who believes the risk is acceptable....until they lose everything.

There is but one blasphemy and that is injustice.

Over the last 15 months, we've traveled to every corner of the United States. I've now been in 57 states? I think one left to go.

Protection is not a principle but an expedient

I just find that each year I try something new. You can't fight the march of time. To balance that out, each year you should develop one more good habit. It levels the playing field.

We see only that which we are.

I always looked really young. I matured pretty late.