My life is existing. Cinema is certainly not my life

Cinema is all about going back from shadow to light and back and forth: cinema is a place of transgression.

There is no god. I am an atheist. It is up to us to become God. We need to be elevated, to become saints. God alienates people from themselves.

Sound creates an intimate effect: the sensation to feel the place. It makes the viewer enter. You have the liberty to hear what you want.

I like the idea of challenging Hollywood on its own turf. It's important to do that.

Hollywood films are alienating to the spectator because they use too much dialogue, too much explication and leave no space for the viewer. They depress me.

Good and evil are polar concepts - one can't exist without the other.

An actor is an instrument. One needs to control them.

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

Things don't always work out the way we hope. You just have to pick yourself up and find a new direction to go in.

Just as a fish doesn't know it is wet, so companies often can't see or feel the very opportunities where they are swimming

Muse’s creations are predominately lyrical often resulting in poetic sonnets and fairytale like art.

My lips on your body trace the story of my love.

If you don't like something about yourself change it. If you can't change it accept it.

If I hadn't become a celebrity, I'd probably be an alcoholic.

When you consider all saints and prophets as legitimate and no longer differentiate between religions, you have reached the stage of true mysticism.

What we can't do in heaven is sin and witness. And obviously God didn't leave us here to sin.

Baseball is our national pastime, that is if you discount political campaigning.

LIFE + DESIRE = MAN; LIFE - DESIRE = GOD.