I think that people who get to a certain position, and then try to ferociously defend it or build on it, it's kind of a dead-end street. You see people becoming miserable that way.

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just a way of living. It has to do with paying attention, remembering, filtering what you see and answering back, participating in life.

To be honest, I don't really care about any pope. It's not something I think about much, to be quite honest with you.

I try to research or make up for myself what happened in any character's life. From when he was born until the first page of the script. I fill in the blanks.

You have a moral obligation to finish the job you said you would do.

I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.

I like stories that leave you wanting more, leave you wondering, but don't tell you everything.