I think we have the wrong notion of commercial and intellectual or artistic film. Because all films are commercial.

Live your life, experience something, and then you're going to have a lot of things to say. But if you hang around in Hollywood, then you're going to say the same thing as everyone else - nothing.

Cinema never saved anyone's life, it is not a medicine that will save anyone's life. It is only an aspirin.

I never think about franchises, to be honest. I always just do the film.

I'm always attracted by people who are lost in their time. I think it helps us.

I wanted to prove that I could do something, so I made a short film. That was in fact my main concern, to be able to show that I could do one.

I won't be able to do a film just for bad reasons, for money or for - I just can't. If I have one more where I feel I can bring you something, I will do it.

I wanted to do something that was entertaining - but with a catch.

I think it's the society that drains us out, and we are in a society where we are driven by money.

You know sometimes you're in a position of risk and you feel that you can turn good or bad.

Sometimes I see people finish a film and they go, "Yeah, that was good. Where are we going to eat?"

A translator must, of course, be an interpreter of cultures.

International law says people fighting for self-determination can use force in order to achieve their independence.

I never even dreamt of being a writer because I didn't feel allowed. When I was a child I was terribly ambitious, but I didn't know at all what this great thing would become.

Every day of my life, I feel fat. It's not correct thinking in the natural, normal human being's way of life.

I wouldn't make it through the day without singing. It is my solace and my meditation and my release. It lets me know how I'm processing things, what I'm processing, if I'm out of touch in some area.

Everybody's looking for love, and you want to love somebody and be loved in return.

I think in the future I will end up doing a gospel album.

Most criticism of advertising is written in ignorance of what actually happens inside these agencies.

It's through mistakes that you actually can grow. You have to get bad in order to get good.

The problem right now is jobs. The problem right now is the economy and economic growth.