[This kind of strange mythology about me.] I've pulled a huge steamboat over a mountain; I've done a feature film with all the actors acting under hypnosis - things that are very unusual.

I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

I don't spend sleepless nights over getting very bad reviews.

People think we had a love-hate relationship. Well, I did not love him, nor did I hate him. We had mutual respect for each other, even as we both planned each other's murder.

I know for sure that there is only one step from insecticide to genocide.

Someone like Jean-Luc Godard is for me intellectual counterfeit money when compared to a good kung fu film.

Read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read, read...if you don't read, you will never be a filmmaker.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

Facts do not convey truth. That's a mistake. Facts create norms, but truth creates illumination.

What would an ocean be without a monster lurking in the dark? It would be like sleep without dreams.

Civilization is like a thin layer of ice upon a deep ocean of chaos and darkness.

Sacrifice: That's what makes our mosaic so beautiful and rich.

I love the feeling of the fresh air on my face and the wind blowing through my hair.

No one is shallow and vulgar forever; sooner or later the whole species likes to be profound.

For me, there is only one means of ensuring that I do not lose respect for myself: constant criticism.

If I had to give up either acting or dancing, I'd choose to keep dancing.

The public is in need of experiences that are not just voyeuristic. Our society is in a mess of losing its spiritual centre.

People get offended by animal rights campaigns. It's ludicrous. It's not as bad as mass animal death in a factory.

Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off the burglar alarm, it's too late.

Sometimes when I don't want to cry, I cry. And when I want to I can't. It's subconscious. Like sexual performance.

I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion.