Fifteen or 18 years ago, I brought up directing this at UNM and everyone thought it was too old-fashioned. Now, it's come back into its own.

It's about greedy corporations that are willing to blow up all of Paris - art, nature, everything - to get at the oil underneath the city. With Enron, Alaskan oil and other things today, I think greed like that is more on people's minds now.

It's downtown Baghdad. It's insane. I've wanted to come here for 10 years. I thought this was a sophisticated city. I guess not.

I've never before given anybody anything without expecting anything in return. I always thought somebody owed me something. My role was a drug addict and I fit in at the crack house.

I thought it was fantastic - absolutely wonderful.

It was very funny, had good values at the end and Newcastle looked so beautiful. [on School for Seduction]

I actually thought he was giving away stuff. There was a lot of people here. It's good he accommodated people the way he did, and he did it with a smile.