It's interesting actually, what's gone on with that footage, and also what happened with the footage from the war in Afghanistan, is that our news reporting is pretty much along the lines of pornography now.

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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...

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in...

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in...

That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say...

That's my curse, I see the politics within these things and so I don't say...

You can't change the system through violence.

You can't change the system through violence.

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...

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.

We hope to do the Spanish Tragedy based on the play by Thomas Kyd.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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,...

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff...

Sorry, but there is no pleasure in finding new ways of saying the same stuff...

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film...

Because there is actually something very interesting in Goodfellas, how the style of the film...

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'd love to make another film in Mexico.

I'd love to make another film in Mexico.

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...

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

I did not find my studies particularly enthralling.

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.