Quotes

I go out there and make a fool of myself. It's inevitable.

It's a blessing and a curse. But it's not always the best situation to be in. As a profession, I don't recommend acting at all.

Literature is air, and I'm suffocating in mediocrity.

I've got the best deal on earth. Where else can I sin and know that I'm forgiven for it?

[on the recession] I've never seen a time when the financial end of film was so fragile. Projects come and go on the capacity of whether people have the financial ability, even for the lowest budget projects. It shows what has happened since 2008.

[at the Transilvania Film Festival] I like being here. We have a film that is premiering, The Wanderers: The Quest of The Demon Hunter (2017). I like your country for very many reasons, especially for the generosity of its people. I have known Romania since the years 2000, when I was invited here to a beauty pageant. Ever since, I have been trying to convince people to come to Romania and invest in the local film making industry. Romania is a complex country, it resembles Italy. The temperaments here are similar, the intellect of the people is similar. I have found writings by some Romanians to be very interesting, particularly Cioran [philosopher Emil Cioran], who amazed me with the way his mind worked. [June 2017]