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

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.

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.

Usually I say I have no imagination.

And that's what love is, I suppose. The one thing that is most worth hoping for, and the one thing that's most surprising when it lands. Because it's better. It exceeds hope, makes hope nearsighted.

Whatever you are not changing, you are choosing.

The hotel was guest-friendly with hourly rates and had enough room to swing a cat, if it were a small cat and you wanted to swing it.

Modern man talks of a battle with nature, forgetting that, if he won the battle, he would find himself on the losing side

Muti is going to do the Alpine Symphony this year. He will do it well because it is not very well known.

I don't do well when I don't work.

Hurry, conscious younger people! Get to power quickly so political decisions can be based on the greater good for all rather than the greater gain for few. Hurry, before it is too late!

Life is a challenge, we must take it.

I think people forgot that there are still ways you can get the ball inside rather than just standing there and throwing the ball in. You have to have a system that makes all things work.

I have balls the size of grapefruits and come this Sunday, you'll be spitting out the seeds.