If I want to relax and not do anything, I don't want to leave home.

I don't usually watch a lot of TV, but Mad Men changed my perspective. I admire Matthew Weiner who came up with the idea and wrote such a great TV series, and the broadcasting company for being bold enough to air such a series.

Certain subjects may no longer be taboo in cinema. But there are ways to treat them that still create shock.

You could say that evil is contagious in that we have this mesmerizing mentor in Uncle Charlie who comes into your life. Every person has a seed of evil inside them, and when you come across such a mesmerizing mentor, he is able to successfully turn it into a flower of evil.

In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.

When I'm writing something, if it gets too serious, I just can't bear it, so I take a step back and take the overall scene in and vent the air a little bit.

A priest encounters temptation every day, and some of that desire is very natural.