The idea that all violence in movies is okay simply because it happens is bull. Directors and writers have a responsibility.

I believe that if you really have a strong idea, you can say, "What do you think? Let's see how my idea plays off yours."

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

I saw bubbling lava, and at the same moment I saw a reflection of a certain kind of inner turmoil. Because at the moment I looked into that crater, I slipped, and a large piece of volcanic rock took a hole out of my leg. The scar is still there 20, 30 years later. But it's one of those things that reminds you of the kind of risk or the kind of moment in order to push yourself.

My God, it transformed me. My life changed.

Everything amounts to nothing if you don't love someone or something.

I lived in Indonesia for four years and I understand trance and magic and where it comes from.