You can't escape from what you are.

I've always loved the idea of changing myself, wearing costumes and disguises. It takes you back to being a kid, to dressing up.

They say the day you lose your parents, you start to look like them.

People pretend to be nice, people pretend to be smooth, and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance, because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.

I have a huge relationship with Brazil; it's almost a love affair, I would say. And to me, to introduce that specific martial art like capoeira in Hollywood movies was something important to me.

Cinema is entertainment, and people go to the movies because they want to feel good and forget about everything.

I always compare human beings to animals. It's a nice way to figure out who they are.