I'm extremely unbearable. You know, I'm narcissistic and at the same time I'm very charming - I think.

The real war is not between the West and the East. The real war is between intelligent and stupid people.

War always takes you by surprise.

In all the dictatorships, there's such a non-understanding of what human beings are. I mean, if you believe in the Bible, you have the story of Adam and Eve and God tells them, "Do whatever you want. The only thing you shouldn't do is eat the apple." What do they do the first thing? They eat the apple. So if you know a little bit the psychology of human beings, you have to understand that if you say something you should not do, then everybody wants to do it.

America is a very special place. In this country, you have the best and the worst at the same time. Whatever you can imagine.

Start [the movie] in color. Color is always attributed as fun, and black and white is very sad.

I wanted to make a real love story with a bad ending, because a love story that ends good is the life of everyone - you and I, for example. I always say to people, You know, if Romeo and Juliet got married, nobody would care about them. Imagine Romeo and Juliet, six kids yelling, mama, mama, papa, papa.