"In the States, I learned to fight for every idea. Sometimes, a director has to be a tyrant to keep the quality."

“If you want to change the fruits, you will first have to change the roots. If you want to change the visible, you must first change the invisible.”

Source : FaceBook post by T. Harv Eker from Mar 04, 2013

“The stresses of high-altitude climbing reveal your true character; they unmask who you really are. You no longer have all the social graces to hide behind, to play roles. You are the essence of what you are.”

Source : David Breashears, Jon Krakauer (2000). “High Exposure: An Enduring Passion for Everest and Unforgiving Places”, p.274, Simon and Schuster

“I've got quite a big gay following. I played a lesbian prostitute in the TV series 'Band Of Gold' but I think my following really grew when I played one in the film 'Imagine Me & You,' with Piper Perabo.”

“I also did a great amount of writing while doing research. It gave me the opportunity to meet and talk to people other than family, but also to explore my own memory deeper by comparing it to the memories of others who were in my home town during, for example, the political transition from socialism to a nationalistic "democracy" or during the bombings.”

“The brains of a pedant however full, are vacant.”

“You turn if you want to. The Lady's not for turning.”

“Pray, hope and don't worry. Anxiety doesn't help at all. Our Merciful Lord will listen to your prayer.”

“My peer network is international. It's people all over the place who I know, and respect their work. It's not really delineated by traditional nationalist ideas.”