That's what we're all looking for, the place where the work leads us.

The Academy Awards are obscene, dirty . . . no better than a beauty contest.

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.

I stopped working a few years ago because I just lost a spark that I'd had before. I thought I'd just try writing, and maybe start directing, but I did it very quietly.

I think the most insulting thing you can do to a director is to challenge when he or she is satisfied with your interpretation.

I envy people who can just look at a sunset. I wonder how you can shoot it. There is nothing more grotesque to me than a vacation.

One thing about being successful is that I stopped being afraid of dying. Once you're a star you're dead already. You're embalmed.