I don't have this feeling like, oh, I want to live in the United States and make movies and become famous just because the money is here. I like to make movies that tell stories that I care about.

I didn't go to university, and so, every time that I work, I'm looking for a teacher in a way. I'm looking for people that I can learn from and to have the chance to work with people that I admire.

I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

I've got two young children, so holidays are not the same as they used to be. There are now two types: family holidays and holidays you need from that holiday.

When I was growing up in the theater there were all these amazing girls telling me about the guy who broke their heart. And I was always wishing that it was me.

Every time I come to the States, I wish people would react to war like they react to tobacco, for example. Because war really kills in a second lots of people, thousands of people.

When I was really young, I used to lie a lot. Now I get paid to do it.

I hate fights. I try to talk people out of fighting if I can and if they start I run away.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

Definitely directing is the thing I like the most because this is where everything you know can be used. It's the most personal process ever. It's the most demanding one, but again, rewarding.

If you ever expect life to be fair, you are in for a shocking disappointment. Life is what it is. Fair is something we made up.

Could he really want a relationship with a woman who was at the point in life of trading beauty for wisdom?

Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

I love newspapers. I've worked on newspapers, all my life. I've always loved it.

I am a friend of the working man, and I would rather be his friend, than be one.

I would rather be trampled by thousands of children than touch a spider.

I love old gardens best- tired old garden that rest in the sun.

Of course he would count the time that we'd been two entirely different species.

If you aren't opening doors for people, you are closing them!

People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be - not what you nag them to be.