One of the things I enjoyed the most is just working as an actor.

Paris is a place where, for me, just walking down a street that I've never been down before is like going to a movie.

I don't think any of us are normal people.

Anytime I make a movie, I really have absolutely no idea how it's going to go over. I've had the whole range of different kinds of reactions.

I don't really look for challenges as much as I like adventures. Other than that I'm just trying to find stories I want to tell.

The movies I make tend not to be quite reality but the characters are inspired by real people and they're always very personal.

You don't do background music the way a lot of more conventional films do. The music is often kind of a character in your films to the extent that sometimes you stop and watch someone perform a song.

I just want to make films that are personal, but interesting to an audience.

I wouldn't say that I'm particularly bothered or obsessed with detail.

I love working with actors. That's what the set really is, for me. It's my time with the actors.

Some of the ideas are kind of inspired by the songs, and I always want to use music to tell the story and give the movie a certain kind of mood. That's always essential to me.

No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.

So much of how we think, feel, and live depends on our vision-what we choose to see in any given situation.

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

Be more humble than a blade of grass, more tolerant than a tree, always offering respect onto others and never expecting any in return

Freedom is a very great reality, but it means above all things, freedom from lies.

What would the future of man be if it were devoid of memory?

I'm older. There's some sort of seniority. As a matter of fact, the seniority ebbs as you get older.

In real life, you care about other people, but at the end of the day you're like, "I'm acting upon whatever it is that I want or need."

I think everyone thinks their family is insane, and every family is insane. There is no real normal.

We are mere journeymen, planting seeds for someone else to harvest.