I like independence, I like creating my own world, not being in a system. There are more possibilities, I think.

Ive never thought of my characters as being sad. On the contrary, they are full of life. They didnt choose tragedy. Tragedy chose them.

My private life is very private, and I have chosen not to live in America or England, where you are so exposed and can't fight against it.

I don't believe in coincidence.

I believe such illumination comes if you're open to the surprises the universe throws at you. You must be able to let go of the past, whatever success you may have seen, whatever your comfort, whatever your habits. To me, that's the key to loving life: Enabling yourself to step bravely into the unknown. Only there will you find yourself again.

George Clooney is trying his own way but he's struggling too because he has to deal with America. Yet, if he has a foot in Europe, it's not for nothing.

You have to have the courage to wait, to say no, ... And thats difficult. This job is very uncertain, and its frightening.