Internationally, ancient Rome and Greece cultures are just so fascinating. I don't think audiences will ever tire of it, because it's such an advanced society.

Every time I make a film, I try to do it slightly different. If you're not 100% engaged and interested, then it's not gonna translate into a successful film.

When you're going with a huge dramatic disaster film, try to keep the narrative as simple as possible.

We live behind the closed doors of our own destiny.

Life comes in stages. We all have different ages. We do what we do because of our ages. Knowingly or unknowingly, we act because of where we have reached in life.

Any fool can tell the truth but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.

Super-ambitious goals tend to be unifying and energizing to people but only if they believe there's a chance of success.

As long as you are proud, you cannot know God.

Being proud of your nationality is like congratulating yourself for inheriting money.

Lust carries her sharp whip At her own girdle.

I just don't want to be the damsel in distress. I'll scream on the balcony, but you've got to let me do a little action here.

Success is not a function of individual talent. It's the steady accumulation of advantages. It's bound up in so many other broader circumstantial, environmental, historical, and cultural factors.

Photography, fortunately, to me has not only been a profession but also a contact between people - to understand human nature and record, if possible, the best in each individual.