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

When I was a little boy, I rode, but I didn't own horses.

In principle, I think the idea of rewarding a good effort is interesting, but movies are generally different from each other as are performances and the conditions on how the performances are given and how they're edited and so forth.

People will like to say that 'Eastern Promises' is brutal, but the only reason they say that is because the scenes stick with them. They are realistic. They are in-your-face and you see the consequences. It's not a bunch of quick editing cuts.

One of the most effective tools that the Cheney-Bush junta has used to marginalize dissenting or even mildly inquisitive American citizens has been the accusation of being unpatriotic.

Kids accept where they are because they don't know the past. They know what they have; they know where they are.

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