I spent my 30s figuring out how to be a grown up, I guess. I loved my 30s! My 30s were really about being happy with what I was doing..

When you observe rather than react, you reclaim your power..

I work. I have a life. There's not much to tell..

African cinema doesn't have an African industry at all and that's where our problem arises. We come to all of these initiatives with a lot of suspici….

There's part of me that is a strict materialist..

I think the first British actor who really worked well in cinema was Albert Finney. He was a back-street Marlon Brando. He brought a great wittiness ….

Instead of watching DVDs at home, I prefer going to the cinema to get the experience..

Big things have small beginnings..

There seemed a gulf impassable between them..

There is always someone worse off than yourself..

See shades of grey... Act anyway.

Cinema is much more than heroes and villains..

Cinema Paradiso, because it reminds me of why I make movies, the magic of movies, the romance of movies..

Exhibition is certainly the safest part of the cinema business, but it's very capital intensive..

Everyone is the other and no one is himself..

We see not our own backs..

I have to admit, I do loooove eggnog..

I didn't have a lot of exposure to films as a kid, and I never went to the cinema. I had a single mom who just planted me in front of the television..

I like L.A., but I shouldn't live there..

I don't belong to anyone..

I'm no longer interested in the possible..