First Of All, To Defend My Work,

The Worst Evil Is - And That's The Product Of Censorship - Is The Self-censorship, Because That Twists Spines, That Destroys My Character Because I Have To Think Something Else And Say Something Else, I Have To Always Control Myself.

I Tell You, In My Opinion, The Cornerstone Of Democracy Is Free Press - That's The Cornerstone.

Ideological Pressure Is Much More Crippling Than Commercial Pressure. Crippling To Your Own Freedom Of Thinking And Creating, Crippling The Final Results. If You Wanted To Succeed During The Really Hard-line Totalitarian Regime, You Have To Make So Many Compromises To Please The Censors That You Don't Recognize The Original Idea From The Final Result.

When I Came For The First Time To The United States, Visiting, I Was Absolutely Fascinated By New York.

People Who Make Documentaries Have To Be Faithful To The Facts. But When You Are Making A Drama, A Fiction Based On The Life, All You Have To Be Faithful To Is The Spirit Of The Facts, Which I Think I Was In Every Case. As Long As You Don't Violate Their Spirit, You Can Play With The Facts.