The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

I like high impact movies.

I'm interested in social commentary.

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.