Martin Scorsese

And as I've gotten older, I've had more of a tendency to look for people who live by kindness, tolerance, compassion, a gentler way of looking at things.

Eradicating a religion of kindness is, I think, a terrible thing for the Chinese to attempt.

It seems to me that any sensible person must see that violence does not change the world and if it does, then only temporarily.

Before I die, I will preach to the Muslims in the Arab world. I will preach in Egypt, Lebanon, Syria and Iran. I will preach in Tehran. I will do it under the umbrella of God. And see its impact.

People say, 'Where do you live?' and I say that theoretically, I live in London, but basically that's just where I go to change my suitcase. Otherwise, I'm always flying somewhere.

My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.