The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.

Theres nothing more reassuring than a world thats crazier than you are.

All directors are control freaks and very obsessive. I get the feeling that directors as kids, they all have had a childhood with not too much contact with other kids. They constructed their own reality and they continue to do it. It's a funny breed, directors.

I treat everyone as equals. I can't work if I'm not having fun, and I can't have fun if not everyone is happy.

There was a Russian director named Elem Klimov, who did his films during the communist days. They were constantly struggling with the authorities and to be allowed to express themselves. But he did one of the best war movies I've ever seen - it's called 'Come and See.'

I never help my kids and I never encourage them and I never give them any advice.

The way I look at humanity, I don't think there's good guys or bad guys. We're all potentially bad and potentially good.