The money I earn from films means I can help the people I want to help - you can do a lot of good if you want to.

I try to avoid conflict. I don't want people to be unhappy.

Walking down the street in any town or city in the world and having people look at you and start talking to you, convinced that they know you as well or better than they do members of their own family, that's just an odd phenomenon. But I mean, I wouldn't say it was a bad thing. It's an interesting thing.

There's no excuse to be bored. Sad, yes. Angry, yes. Depressed, yes. Crazy, yes. But there's no excuse for boredom, ever.

The Holocaust movie is almost a genre in itself these days.

You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.

There's no sense in doing something, especially if it's a hard job, if you can't have a little fun.