The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

I intentionally shoot violence to make the audience feel real pain. I have never and I will never shoot violence as if it's some kind of action video game.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

I thought maybe I could become like the next Van Gogh. I bought a sunflower and painted it, and it looked like the work of a 6-year-old.

For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

Humour is like violence. They both come to you unexpectedly, and the more unpredictable they both are, the better it gets.

I do all these various activities like painting and writing, comedy and films probably because not that I'm good at everything but because I'm not good at any of these things.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

My philosophy is that one shall not resort to violence unless one is resolved to become the subject of violence at any time.

Fighting for peace, is like f***ing for chastity

Have enough courage to start and enough heart to finish.

Be prudent, diligent, temperate and discreet. Remember that every human being has a claim upon your kind offices.

The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in religion and politics.

I want girls to feel the confidence you get from being smart.

All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it, and then it becomes trivial.

Pretty much all films I've seen that depict the life of Christ end with the Crucifixion, almost like the filmmakers don't know what to do after.

I am a very outspoken person, and if something makes me uncomfortable, you will know that it makes me uncomfortable, but that's as far as it goes.

I love this young people's music.

This is an exciting world. It is cram packed with opportunity. Great moments await around every corner.