It's all about this abstract entity called the story. It's all about the best way to tell the story, and to make a movie about the issues that this story is about. Filmmaking is storytelling, for me.

In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

I love the sharpness and political tone of RoboCop and I think that such a film is now urgently needed.

We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.

The relationship between fascism and robotics, for instance, it's very clear that it's going to become way more important as time goes by.

Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

I think the media needs a little criticizing now, as it did in the '80s, don't you?

Television is so cool. Television is proving that we can be sophisticated and that people will watch, if it's good.

I don't actually like blocking actors. I prefer giving actors freedom. They don't have to step on a precise mark with me. Instead of giving marks to the actors I like to give marks to the camera.

As a filmmaker, I make the films that I love, that are in my heart. That's what I care about.

Well, I'm not that popular with the politicians, I have to say.

If an eagle be imprisonedon the back of a coin, and the coin tossedinto the sky, the coin will spin, the coin will flutter, but the eagle will never fly.

Such days of autumnal decline hold a strange mystery which adds to the gravity of all our moods.

You guys pair up in groups of three, then line up in a circle.

Doing startups is all about making mistakes.

Even though I found you on an ordinary day, it felt like I found a precious pearl in an oyster when I deep dived into the sea. Baby, you are really that precious to me.

Whatever you read, read the Bible first. Beware of bad books: there are plenty in this day. Take heed what you read.

Perhaps you're not finished with your story, and who knows if you'll ever finish it or not. Honestly, it's not that important.

Leadership is not a rank or a position, it is a choice - a choice to look after the person to the left of us & the person to the right of us.

I'm not just a black man, I'm a brotha. I love my people. When I'm on the air I am fully aware that I am not just representing myself but representing us.

His genius he was quite content in one brief sentence to define; Of inspiration one percent, of perspiration, ninety nine.