Animals are also the ones that are guarding the graves, and they are the ones who communicate between the dead and the alive.

Animals are always goddesses and gods, like the god Anubis. He's the one who's accompanying the souls to the next life, and he's the one who decides if they will be able to cross or not.

I always start with reality, in anything I do, everything I do, I always start from something real.

I go and film 50 people in Israel, 50 people in Russia, and 50 people in Romania, in Paris, because I really like to get some particles of something real.

We see everything, we see what's going on in Syria, we see what's going on with the refugees. What can you do about it? And we have to do something.

You can feel that something terrible is going on in another place in the world, and it's the other, it's not you. It's always there, it's them. But this them is also you.

I think that the world is in a very serious decline - very, very serious.

We are getting used to levels of violence, we are getting used to seeing these horrific things going on all the time. I think it's tough. It's rough.

That's what animals do all of the time; they watch out, they watch out, and I saw, "This is us now." Us, the world, we are watching out.

I usually go to bed early to read. I read and I always say that I'm not a "bohemian artist;" I need to read for one or two hours in the evening, and the quiet, so I don't hang out a lot.

I carry some kind of consideration and weight and observations about what is going on in the world, but I don't go to execute it.

Failure is your best asset, complacency is your worst liability, and talent is your greatest capital.

Glenn Close is a living icon. You look at the work, and I think it's wild, because she thinks some of her best work was in Dangerous Liaisons and that's what I believe as well.

God doesn't want you to go to church. He wants you to want to go to church.

Enlightenment is really worth seeking. It is the only thing that gives you permanent happiness. When you experience the ecstasy of enlightenment, everything is alright.

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

if you don't get sick, you won't get well.

The Orenda is a powerful story from history, folklore and the imagination, based on the universality of human cruelty, superstition and perseverance. Wonderful writing.

The darkness is at its deepest. Just before the sunrise.

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

There were a lot of artists in St. Ives. In fact, since the time of Whistler, St. Ives has been noted as an artist colony.