Can you imagine saying ‘Hi’ to Sam Jackson and he goes and gives you a hug? It’s like being hugged by a lion.

There is a film called ‘A Separation.’ If you see it playing, go see it. It’s beautiful. It’s so well written and the acting is amazing. It’s one of those films that you would love to be a part of.

I’m an actor who’s accustomed to bringing a lot of stuff to the table, and you have to be ready because some of them will be accepted and some of them will be rejected. Then you need a generous, free, fearless, loving director like Tarantino to allow you to take those risks.

I think it’s very interesting how an American network chooses to tell this story. We don’t name one country the good guy and the other country the bad guy. We talk about this co-responsibility that we share, in everything.

We need to know the facts, in order to tell the politicians, “Excuse me, I don’t want you to use my money on building a wall that is not going to solve any problems. We have to go this direction instead.”

Scarlett Johansson. I think people don’t really realize how great of an actress that girl is. She’s so beautiful and that distracts you from what she can do as an actor.

You don’t need tons of money to create art. You do need tons of money to be a part of show business. They are two different things.

It’s a really, really hard life when you don’t have a document that actually gives you a name and a face.

I open my eyes and my ears, and that’s why I work.

So, whenever you hear or see violence, there is violence on both sides of the border, or it’s both country’s responsibility. When we talk about trafficking with weapons, with human beings or with drugs, we talk about it on both sides of the border.