When I decided to direct, never having done that before, is something I'm very proud of

I was concerned about filling my life up with something important to me. To me, it was just necessary

You can mostly forget ethnic or religious differences. The competition for a bigger share of the oil proceeds is behind much of the fighting

I like to act with people that know what they're doing.

I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.

If I started worrying about how my constituents are going to react to every move I make, I wouldn't be able to do my job here. I'll do what I think is right and explain it later.

A lot of films come out before they're finished.