"I've split my life between a few different disciplines."

“A fight is a fight. And life is a fight. No matter how many fights you have under your belt, it will continue to be a learning experience. And you can never prepare yourself for every scenario. Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.”

“A barn with cattle and horses is the place to begin Christmas; after all, that's where the original event happened, and that same smell was the first air that the Christ Child breathed.”

Source : Paul Engle (1960). “Prairie Christmas”

“Unless a reviewer has the courage to give you unqualified praise, I say ignore the bastard.”

“[Could you show us how Lana Del Rey dances in a club?] That would be illegal.”

“Good, bad mediocre or whatever it is, if a director wants me in his movie, I take it as a compliment.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

“This is the problem with language, and this is what makes silent movies fun, because the connection with them, me or the audience is not with the language. There's no question of interpretation of what we are saying it's just about feeling. You create your own story”

Source : "Cannes Interview: ‘The Artist’ Director Michel Hazanavicius and Star Berenice Bejo". Interview with Raffi Asdourian, thefilmstage.com. May 18, 2011.

“I'm a believer in The Word, which says "God moves mountains."”

“Wouldn't it be a tragedy to get to the top of the ladder and find you placed it against the wrong wall?”