I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.

Myth is supposed to bring us together, but fantasy alienates us.

I believe - though I may be wrong, because I'm no expert - that this war is about what most wars are about: hegemony, money, power and oil.

In my room as a kid... I'd play a fighter and get knocked to the floor and come back to win.

It's true what they say about failure. You don't learn from success.

The better you are as a parent, the richer the nest you've built, the more difficult it is for your kids to leave. So they have to invent things to dislike about you. And they're brilliant at it.

It's very painful for us to feel we deserve a life. That's the toughest thing. That we deserve to have a life. That can take a lifetime.