I think that religion is an integral part of human needs, but the question also is how you understand religion.

To decide to film a movie again shot by shot, you must be masochistic to a certain degree because it is a much greater challenge.

That is one of the characteristics of fascism, the idea that the state can provide all of the answers for everyone.

Never say no. It always depends on what's possible. I don't care so much where it is; it's what I want to do that matters.

Unfortunately, you're helpless when people interpret your work wrongly. There are simply people who can't or won't understand or accept what you're trying to do. When you take the risk of expressing yourself in public, you have to open yourself to that possibility.

Of course I am a child of European culture. There are a number of great directors from which I learned, but there is nobody in particular I got inspired from.

It's a fact that people who are in a weakened position, whether physically or mentally, have this perception of the outer world as threatening. Everything that is unexpected or unknown is seen as a potential danger.