I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film.

I can't see America any other way than with a European's eyes. It fascinates me and terrifies me at the same time.

I've seen films that have made as much as $100, $200 million, but they're not films. They're images. They're flashes. They're many beautiful images, lots of things to look at. They capture you. But it's not a film. It's not something that involves you in a story. They go to cinema now to be blown away by the effects.

My discussion is one that has gone all the way from Fistful of Dollars through Once Upon a Time in America. But if you look closely at all these films, you find in them the same meanings, the same humor, the same point of view, and, also, the same pains.

My mother was an actress. My father was an actor and a director. I am the son of filmmakers.

I don't want to do a war film per se. Nor do I want to do a political film.

I've shot films in Africa. I've shot in America - English is not my language.