The script is so important... Even if you have a huge entourage or big lighting trucks, the most important thing is the space between the actor and the camera.

I always want to do things that really have to be done, something that's a challenge - and I'm trying not to repeat myself.

Success doesn't drive me away from home.

I'm German! Actually, I love my countr, ;I love the language. The German language is very special because it is so precise. There is a word for everything. There are so many wonderful words that other languages don't have. It is impressive to have such a rich language, and I love to work in that language.

We made 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' about the war of independence and the civil war, which were the pivotal moments of Irish history, really. 'Jimmy's Hall' would seem to be a smaller story 10 years later.

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

The war and terrorism in the Middle East, the crisis of leadership in many of the oil-supply countries in the developing world, the crisis of global warming - all these are very clearly tied to energy.

Imperialist exploitation and an unjust international economic order are a cause of war.