I don't drink blood, and last time I looked in the mirror, I had a reflection.

We've become so glorified in the movie-star system that it's become this artificial royalty. The truth is that we're circus clowns.

Picasso said art is a lie that tells the truth. What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it?

The fact that 'Astro Boy' appealed to me as a boy in America was proof that the story and character transcend cultural stereotypes.

People often say that you should never work with child actors. I think that's all wrong. Children have not had the imagination kicked out of them by life experience and adulthood. So, they still are very much alive with that kind of magical thinking which enables an actor to believe they're in these circumstances and make them real to you.

I want people to discover my movies, and however they choose to receive it is their business.

I don't know why it is, but I do like dancing in the extreme situations. I like that noise, I like that intensity. For some reason, it's what I respond to in terms of my taste and of my instincts.