Character and emotionality don't always have to be relegated to quieter, more simple constructs.

Films don't cause violence, people do. Violence defines our existence. To shield oneself is more dangerous than trying to reflect it.

I don't believe in censorship in any form.

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.

War's dirty little secret is that some men love it.

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist, whereas film was not.

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.