I don't read newspapers too much , just because they tend to make me feel I have a political obligation that I think is a distraction from what my political offerings are going to be if I just make my movies.

I think if you want good things to happen for a country like Haiti, then you need to provide the circumstances where the Haitians can do that.

I don't think you can get away with putting your talents in a toilet bowl and not having them flushed away. Forever. There is a level of murder of one's soul and of the culture that they're supposed to be feeding vitamins to.

So if we have anything original to offer, it's to speak from our own life about the society we're in.

You try to do your best at what you're getting paid for.

I'd do anything to get a performance, short of malice.

I have a regret that the entire discussion [with El Chapo]... ignores its purpose, which was to try to contribute to this discussion about the policy in the War on Drugs.