There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

You have to put yourself in a situation, a lifestyle, that makes you do the work. Even if it's a monastery.

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

I just wanted to be an ordinary parish priest.

If it's a modern-day story dealing with certain ethnic groups, I think I could open up certain scenes for improvisation, while staying within the structure of the script.

If everything moves along and there are no major catastrophes we're basically headed towards holograms.

I go through periods, usually when I'm editing and shooting, of seeing only old films.