There's absolutely no point in beating yourself up. Focus on going forward.

I really dislike it when women reject feminism; that's ridiculous. I am a product of feminism. Without feminism I would not be making films.

I just don't think I'm an ideological filmmaker in any way. I don't know how anyone could see anything I've done and see that.

I make unpopular versions of popular things. I make a horror film and it's not a horror film. None of my genre movies function as genre movies.

Punk rock, when I was a part of it, was called 'the underground.' There was something very attractive in all the hidden places, the hidden histories.

Mostly I'm just not American. I spent four years of my childhood here, but I think if you're Canadian you have a very different perspective. You don't think you're at the center of things.

One thing I'm not is a moralistic filmmaker. I'm not trying to tell people what to do, and I'm not trying to lead.

Movies are a commitment. They take years of your life and they have big consequences. That's one of the bad things about movies - you're stuck with the aftermath.

I'm not trying to make the world a better place.

Some actors can draw from their own darkness.

The good part of working in TV is it's like being a studio director in old Hollywood and approaching different genres. It's a chance to try out different styles.

It is not to compare Ali and Allah. It is to discuss between tyrant Yazeed and veracity of Hussainiat.

In terms of technological progress, the public is slower than focus group.

People will doubt your VISION for obvious reasons. However, the worse thing that can happen to any man is to doubt his own vision.

The U.S.S. George H. W. Bush is a great thing in my life. It's amazing. A great honor.

universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality.

True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul.

To learn a new language is, therefore, always a sort of spiritual adventure; it is like a journey of discovery in which we find a new world.

No one knows who I am and no-one cares. I could jump in front of a camera man and he'd just tell me to get out of the way.

Benefits please like flowers while they are fresh.

...the more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety. The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.