Ninety-five per cent of films are born of frustration, of self despair, of ambition for survival, for money, for fattening bank accounts. Five per cent, maybe less, are made because a man has an idea, an idea which he must express.

We don't murder, we kill.... You don't murder animals, you kill them.

Surviving is the only glory in war.

You know how you smoke out a sniper? You send a guy out in the open, and you see if he gets shot. They thought that one up at West Point

Being a hooker does not mean being evil. The same with a pick-pocket, or even a thief. You do what you do out of necessity.

Extending the language of film sometimes starts with just trying to show one true thing.

Film is a battleground. Love, hate, violence, action, death...In a word, emotion.