'Through the times I've gone through the last couple of weeks - and I'm still trying to help a friend - I got attacked pretty hard through the media, and it hurt and it was devastating, but I really found out who was with me and who was there for me.
“All cultures have these feelings about non-functional areas of activity. And the more time people have on their hands, the more they commit it to those areas.”
“Listen, anybody who has a film festival has the right to show what they want.”