An actor can be as talented as another, but if he doesn't stick to what the director's intentions are, it all falls down. I adore working with actors.
With 'Daud,' basically, I wanted to make a very 'Mad Max' kind of a film: that was my original intention.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
Even a moderniser like Alexander II - who emancipated the serfs in 1861 - had no intention of devolving real power.
When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
An actor's job is about putting across the author's intention; I don't think of myself on the same level as a creator.
Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.
Intellectuals are in a position to expose the lies of governments, to analyze actions according to their causes and motives and often hidden intentions.