Censorship has kind of disappeared in a way because everything is accessible online.

I was in the Chilli Peppers at the time and I asked myself, would I be able to wear a sock on my genitals at the age of forty and they proved me wrong because I guess they're still doing it.

If you want to survive in the film industry, it's not about fighting for your visions because that's a given. It's thinking about how much is your vision going to cost, and then, what are the consequences, because you may have $100 million, but the reality is that $100 million needs to make $500 million to be a success.

When you've finished the film and everybody's already made back all their money, everybody just leaves you alone and I'm very happy. That's what it has to be like.

I'm kind of conservative. I like to build on what I've done in the past and try something new.

I've never tried to work chronologically. I don't think I have the discipline to do that.

I like directors that give their composer a juicy role in their films. Some films have a small, minor role for music, some have a larger role.