When I film, there are no emotions. That would be the last thing.

If I had to climb into hell and wrestle the devil himself for one of my films, I would do it.

I have learned a lot through defeats, and, until today, it's - I'm still haunted by defeats, and they do happen. Sometimes, a film of mine is rejected. And how do you deal with it? And you have to learn how to deal with it and survive anyway.

Clive [Oppenheimer] and I figured out that I'm the only one probably in the film industry who is clinically sane. I say that as a joke, but there's a grain of truth to it. I'm not a stupid daredevil who jumps into the crater of the volcano to get the closest close-up, I'm not one of those. And you have to be aware that you have a crew with you and you are responsible.

I think the worst that can happen in filmmaking is if you're working with a storyboard. That kills all intuition, all fantasy, all creativity.

Facts sometimes have a strange and bizarre power that makes their inherent truth seem unbelievable.

As for the "anger" of the volcano, we leave it up to the local populations who create their demons, their gods and their divine punishment.