I never wanted an independent Bosnia. I wanted Yugoslavia. That is my country.

The advantage of the gypsy language, even though I don't understand it that much, the language is perfect melody. So if you propose the movie the way I do, then the language is just one part of the melody. Orchestrating all inside, and the language is following the meaning of what they say, and it's never the same as written.

Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.

I've reached the 50th year of my life, and now every question related with life also includes thinking about death. When I leave, I want to leave to my offspring a clear idea about identity.

Just because I believe in the identity and integrity of my country doesn't make a xenophobe or a nationalist.

I've been around some very famous people, but no one has the effect Maradona has; people tremble in his presence.

I was a big fighter when I was younger. In bars I was ready to explode and fight.