I go back to many films that I really love. Some Bresson, some Godard of the early times, the Cassavetes of those years I love. And the early Wim Wenders. But my own films I don't watch, unless I need them.

To change history is very slow. The first two times I came to the States - black people didn't have the right to vote.

Some people meet each other again only when I'm there!

To share a lot of ideas - not ideas - emotions, a way of looking at people, a way of looking at life. If it can be shared, it means there is a common denominator.

I had flops, I had success.

It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.

It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.