The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are told creates a real poverty of imagination and it's a big problem.

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

The original deal we made was that Walker would be treated like a regular movie, rather than an arthouse thing.

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies, is now Prime Minister.