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I had a somewhat religious upbringing. Not strict, but it was there, and I'm kind of thankful for that. If you grow up just watching MTV, that's its own form of religion, and it's not even based on happiness or communal responsibility. I mean, try to construct a worldview out of that. ”
I'm not practising, I don't go to church, but what I got from it was a sense of belonging to something bigger. What I really miss is being forced to be in a community with people that aren't the same as you. Then, you really have to work through the ways that you're different. ”
I grew up in a somewhat religious family. My dad's family isn't religious at all, but my mom's side of the family is, so I was exposed to church a bit. ”
The film 'Black Orpheus' is one of my favorite films of all time, which is set in Carnival in Brazil. ”
My parents live near the ocean, and I've spent a lot of time walking through the water at night, being around the water. ”
We're exposed to ideas everywhere. The world is full of ideas. I think that television is a pretty powerful medium in that regard. ”
The work that Partners in Health do in Haiti benefits the whole world. ”
Being in a rock band, I feel a certain responsibility to have a weird haircut. I mean, who else gets to do that? ”
Many French directors, having now realised there was no more real criticism, that the standards of the past have gone, are very offended about the quality of film criticism. ”
Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon. ”