Art is not an elitist gift for a few select people. Art is for everyone.

I passionately believe in heroes, but I think the world has changed its criteria in determining who it describes as a hero.

I'm a passionate trade unionist.

And that is how I employ my time in cinema, saying things about people who I think have touched us in terms of our value judgement and by example.

If you are directing, you have the opportunity to put your signature on the bottom of the frame. You have the opportunity to say, "This is what I believe. That is my credo. That is what I wish to state."

I think it is obscene that we should believe that we are entitled to end somebody's life, no matter what that person has supposedly done or not done.

In other words, if you - the cost of promoting movies, the advertising and promotion of a movie, the budget is almost as large as the cost of the movie.