War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.
The art of motion pictures is pictorial and language comes a distant second.
I had to choose between American and British actors, and it didn't take me more than a second to decide: Russians are Europeans and should be played by other Europeans.
To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.
The financing of my films has always been international.
America is the only country capable of producing national movies: its culture has become a global culture.