As a kid I read Jules Verne, H. G. Wells, and a few others. As an adult have admired Leonardo da Vinci's drawings and notebooks.

I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.

Speaking more than one language and living in a multicultural family and environment did not seem like anything but what it was: the world I lived in.

When there is conflict, it's good to step away, even for five minutes, because you could say terrible things that you can't take back, so it's best to walk away.

You don't have to make something that people call art. Living is an artistic activity, there is an art to getting through the day.

If I can get a day to myself, I won't answer the phone, I'll read or go for a walk. Simple, basic things. People think there's always time to do that but there isn't. Life is short.

I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.