But the question that everyone wanted answered was whether I would have the nerve and the strength to start the whole process from scratch. I said yes; otherwise I would be someone who had no dream left, and without dreams I would not want to live.

It's not far-fetched that almost everywhere in the world where you have volcanoes you have mythologies or new gods being created.

There is never an excuse not to finish a film.

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.

All of a sudden it's twelve-year-olds who are contacting me, fifteen-year-olds, and they have very, very fascinating questions. However, they speak in a language of their age group which I have to learn first.

If the part is really good of course I would like to do it.

Well they are very frightening for me because their stupidity is so flat. You look into the eyes of a chicken and you lose yourself in a completely flat, frightening stupidity. They are like a great metaphor for me... I kind of love chicken, but they frighten me more than any other animal.