War scenes are less difficult than love scenes.

To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.

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.

When you create a movie, you create something in your image.

I make movies just as painters paint: I work where I can.

The financing of my films has always been international.

I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature.