No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets. What else is going to happen?

I come from a documentary background and my natural tendency, as a filmmaker, is to make a movie, if I have something to talk about. If it's not about anything that matters, I don't feel like doing it. I'm not against people who make movies just for fun, but I'm not one of those guys. I just want to provoke thinking and debating about certain issues.

Listen, I like great actors. You can be a movie star without being a great actor - this has been proved several times - and I like my casts to have great actors. Acting is more important to me than being a star.

I like some superhero movies, but I have to say that they all feel the same to me. I've seen them a million times. They're all the same movie.

The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.