I don't think I have a definitive film. Such a thing is not possible for me.

I don't think I've made good movies. I've just made some movies more disgusting than others.

I don't think I've done anything important or magnificent. I'm a worker, and the thing I prefer in my life is cinema. When I'm working in cinema, I'm happy. And that's all, you know?

I am not retired! I will be retired the day I die.

I love cinema. It is the most important thing to me. Life is cinema. It has been this way since I was a child of about 14, and I was going every day to see the movies.

One does not simply code without developing antisocial behavior and caffeine addiction.

We are brothers and sisters. We are one sacred family.

Our mind has evolved in such a way that new wants keep appearing in it relentlessly. But do not confuse them with needs. Needs are necessity, but wants are luxury.

(...) a man encased in ice, his eyes hard and his voice like a frosty exhale.

I don't think a lot of people are able to relate to genuine patriotism, a genuinely good feeling about our country and its meaning to the rest of the world.

We punch mirrors and we explore our darker selves. No, it's just an amalgam of all newscasters that we grew up with. Sort of like before there was cable, when these people were like gods.

Gather up your fighting spirit or the disease will deafeat you!

He’s body slammed enough people to start a new country. And there could be a neighbouring city for the people he’s punched in the throat

I tend to watch silently from the shadows. You learn a lot more that way.

Punishment is a vital need of the human soul.