It is not only my dreams, my belief is that all these dreams are yours as well. The only distinction between me and you is that I can articulate them. And that is what poetry or painting or literature or filmmaking is all about... and it is my duty because this might be the inner chronicle of what we are. We have to articulate ourselves, otherwise we would be cows in the field.

Sometimes bad luck hits you like in an ancient Greek tragedy, and it's not your own making. When you have a plane crash, it's not your fault.

Money doesn't make films. You just do it and take the initiative.

I do other sorts of things. I act in other people's movies. I direct operas. I write books.

The elections have a different platform, the town hall is the platform for it. But the other question behind all this is should I run for president?

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.

Gaining trust is not difficult for me. I needed to gain the trust of the North Korean supervisors.