In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.

We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.

The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.

Usually I say I have no imagination.

Be at peace now and let the tide carry you into calm water. That is all you have to do for the moment. God bless you.

God cherises praises, admires thanksgiving and embraces prayer .

Bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh.

Nature's far too subtle to repeat herself.

I think when you're writing from your own life, it's hard because you realize that people have their own assessment of how they look, and they don't know how you will describe them.

We must ever mandate the principle that the people of this continent alone have the right to decide their own destiny.

So basically, I graduated high school a semester early.

Modesty is a learned affectation. It's no good. Humility is great, because humility says, 'There was someone before me. I'm following in somebody's footsteps.'

I was one man and I tackled a big railroad. I did the best I could.

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.