Of course, there's always one theater that shows some kind of European film. Now, fortunately, you have DVDs, so it's possible to get anything you want within a few hours. In those days, it was virtually impossible to get Italian films, or German films, or whatever. So I grew up with very standard, mainstream films.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

How can [actors] learn their lines and be honest in front of 30 people and all the lights? It makes me cry sometimes. I can't understand how they can be joking with me 30 seconds before, and 40 seconds later they're giving me all this incredible feeling.

I like to make films, but the only reason I do is because I'm a very bad musician.

I personally can't handle frivolous violence. I overreact to it.

I hate superficial violence. It's shallow and stupid, and the impact on the audience is really bad.

I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.