I do like to make films with a political theme, but sometimes it's nice simply to make people laugh. That's the hardest thing to do in fact.

My career seems to be a career of non-specific subjects which are all over the place.

Some people like to do everything always the same thing. That's another way: To do the same thing.

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different.

As I'm getting older, I want to make sure every film I do really counts.

I like my wine and vodka, but that doesn't mean I fall about drunk. I know my limits.

I don't ever blink, honestly.