Of course the entire planet Earth consists of magma under us, and only the very inner-core is different.

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

I have made 70 or so films. In all my films not a single actor, a single extra, was hurt. Not one. So statistics are on my side when I say I'm clinically sane.

I'm very, very curious about how people live under the volcano, how they handle the permanence of danger.

Netflix knew I was going to North Korea and Ethiopia and Iceland. They saw the film and liked it and that was that.

If you truly love film, I think the healthiest thing to do is not read books on the subject. I prefer the glossy film magazines with their big color photos and gossip columns, or the National Enquirer. Such vulgarity is healthy and safe.

I've never left my culture. I've left my country, but I've not left my culture. In the same way, you shouldn't be worried why George Lucas is going to the outer galaxy to make a movie. He's still making a film within his culture; he's making an American film. I go to Thailand or the Peruvian jungle, the Amazon, and I still make Bavarian films.