We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

I certainly gained a lot by reading about Shanghai.

Most films are rooted in a book or a comic strip, but I don't go out there saying I want to do adaptations.

Going to the movies was a big event in my youth. My father would be the initiator - he'd have me put on a jacket to see a film.

Ridicule is also a weapon against forces of evil. Really clever, intelligent ridicule.

There are those moments when you shake someone's hand, have a conversation with someone, and suddenly your all bound together because you share your humanity in one simple moment.

You feel yourself working to show something. I've learned to distrust that feeling.