The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty space, the drama.

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, it's just not my thing anymore.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.

I think a movie is a media that is evoking feelings.

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.