I think if you come from a history of persecution you have to develop a sense of humour.

Follow your dreams, work hard, practice and persevere. Get plenty of exercise and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.

A good wife must be strong enough to pull a plough and have a very erotic physique.

I have been incredibly fortunate to be able to work with good directors and for me it's not really a plan each time I'm on a set with one of them; I think about what I can learn from them because I'm very aware that my filmmaking skills are very modest.

For a number of years in England nobody had any idea what I looked like.

I think pulling off, pulling off a kind of fake documentary of me being a, you know, actual dictator would have been extremely difficult, if not impossible.