Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out

There's no such thing as simple. Simple is hard.

You don't make up for your sins in church. You do it in the streets. You do it at home. The rest is bullshit and you know it.

Every scene is a lesson. Every shot is a school. Let the learning continue.

As a child I had terrible asthma.

More than ninety percent of directing a picture is the right casting

Now more than ever we need to talk to each other, to listen to each other and understand how we see the world, and cinema is the best medium for doing this.

I love movies - it's my whole life, and that's it.

Cinema is a matter of what's in the frame and what's out.

Always stay open to surprise.

I’m not interested in a realistic look, not at all, not ever. Every film should look the way I feel.

We need something that encourages us to work, we need an intimate aid. This is only possible through meditation.

My heart dances with joy when I think about you.

A human lifespan is less than a thousand months long. You need to make some time to think how to live it.

That's important, I think, for people who come here to realize that we are here for only a time and we have an obligation of service and we need to keep things in perspective.

I'm a guy desperately in need of buffers. I have big feelings, big reactions, big emotions. All the things that serve me as an artist, but challenge me as a socially-responsible human being.

There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.

A man makes you feel important - makes you glad you are a woman.

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

I don't think there is any global warming. I don't see the statistical data for that.

I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.