The future is always a dystopia in movies.

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Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language,...

Everybody gets a little dose of Shakespeare. He's the greatest playwright in the English language,...

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

Unfortunately my career began in Hollywood, doing a negative pickup for Universal pictures.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

It's always nice when the eccentrics show up.

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies,...

One of my contemporaries, a colorless chap who worked much harder at his law studies,...

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and...

In Goodfellas they have this one scene where the camera goes down some steps and...

Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else...

Justin Salinger showed up one day with a pink cowboy hat on and everyone else...

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I don't think about Hollywood at all.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

Visual representation of it is essential if we're to come to terms with what it...

Visual representation of it is essential if we're to come to terms with what it...

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

Yeah, I'd be happy to go back to Mexico or Japan to make another film.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.

You'd never have a motorcycle policeman out on the Indian reservation.

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they...

I'm a good actor in that sense for directors because I always do what they...

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.

The greatest crime in a Shakespeare play is to murder the king.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

And Walker was made with a Mexican crew, although it was shot in Nicaragua.

No, I did a film called Death and the Compass as well.

No, I did a film called Death and the Compass as well.

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are...

The way that a handful of corporations in Los Angeles dictate how our stories are...

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars...

And it says something about our level of disassociation, that we can provoke these wars...

So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting...

So I had the worst experience at the very beginning, and things have been getting...

You can't change the system through violence.

You can't change the system through violence.