It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.

I chose Sony Classics, not just because of their practical experience, not just because of their wisdom in marketing, but mainly because of their integrity.

To have a film in America means precisely nothing if you don't have a distributor who stands behind it.

It has nothing to do with commercial success. You cannot calculate in your head how to put the mosaic together to make a commercial film: that's out of the question.

It is absolutely my conviction, that Walter Salles will figure among the great directors of our time.