I don't really distinguish between a fictional hero and a real life hero as a basis for any comparison. To me, a hero is a hero. I like making pictures about people who have a personal mission in life or at least in the life of a story who start out with certain low expectations and then over achieve our highest expectations for them. That's the kind of character arc I love dabbling in as a director, as a filmmaker.

I dream for a living.

From the day I started to think politically and to develop my own moral values, from my earliest youth, I have been an ardent defender of Israel.

If the movie does well, or it doesn't do so well, some movies get great reviews, some movies don't... that's just part of what I do for a living. I just move through all that; that doesn't ever stop me.

The older I get, the more I look at movies as a moving miracle.

All through my career I've done what I can to discover new talent and give them a start.

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living.