I like movies that leave you with something to think about, to discuss, to debate, you know?

Pinochet and Barack Obama both have the same primary goal, and that's to be president and stay president as long as allowed.

What art does is it makes you feel alive and makes you feel like you're connected.

In a lot of ways, I envy someone like Omar Sharif who lived in a hotel for decades.

We all experience many freakish and unexpected events - you have to be open to suffering a little. The philosopher Schopenhauer talked about how out of the randomness, there is an apparent intention in the fate of an individual that can be glimpsed later on. When you are an old guy, you can look back, and maybe this rambling life has some through-line. Others can see it better sometimes. But when you glimpse it yourself, you see it more clearly than anyone.

To strive for something better - at least there's a chance.

I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.