Ten years ago in Antarctica shooting "Encounters at the End of the World," I met a very fine volcanologist from Cambridge University [Clive Oppenheimer] and we kept talking about doing a film and all of a sudden it became serious when he hinted at the possibility to film in North Korea.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema, writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

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.

At the same time, there's something magnificent about volcanoes; they created the atmosphere that we need for breathing.

There are certainly laws and elements that make a film more accessible to mainstream audiences. If you've got Tom Cruise as a strongman, I'm sure it would have larger audiences, but it wouldn't have the same substance.

I'm not a citizen of America, I cannot vote. But it is fascinating because there's a new kind of protagonist out there that we didn't expect. By the way, I'm not in any panic at all.

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