Art is about the spontaneous connection of the artist to his own unconscious - about insight beyond reason. If his insight were reasonable, anyone could do it, but anyone cannot. Only few can, and they are called.

When we fear things I think that we wish for them ... every fear hides a wish

The Israelis would like to live in peace within their borders; the Arabs would like to kill them all.

Having spent too many years in show business, the one thing I see that succeeds is persistence. It's the person who just ain't gonna go home. I decided early on that I wasn't going to go home. This is what I'll be doing until they put me in jail or in a coffin.

My tendency as an actor was to correct people, was to say, 'What if we tried it this way, what about if we tried that way?' That's terrible habit for an actor, but that's a good habit for director. So I became a director.

Forget narrative, backstory, characterisation, exposition, all of that. Just make the audience want to know what happens next.

What I value most in my friends is loyalty.