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No wonder we have a lot of violence in Rio: the corrupt and violent policemen meet the violent criminals in the streets. What else is going to happen?

Every soldier, every cop who's faced with a decision to make, a life or death, does the best he or she can.

Every time I drive into Rio from the airport, I see the city for the first time and think how strange it is.

I was familiar with that and 'Rio Bravo.' 'Rio Bravo' was what John Carpenter did, that brilliant move of taking a western and turning it into an urban flick. And from there you got, you know, all the cop genre movies of the time.

You walk off the plane in Rio, and your blood temperature goes up. The feel of the wind on your face, the water on your skin, the taste of the food, the music, the sexuality; Brazilians are very comfortable in their sexuality.

If you want to be a cop, it's not for everybody, no question about it, but there's no place like New York City.

Some cops I don't like - the corrupt, the brutal.

In America uniformed cops eat in coffee shops, diners and restaurants and I always feel safer having them around.

What is a policeman made of? He, of all men, is once the most needed and the most unwanted. He's a strangely nameless creature who is 'Sir' to his face and 'Fuzz' to his back.

I'm like Sergeant Schultz, I know nothing. We are trying to share ideas around the world. We don't just come up with a great idea in Brazil and ignore it in the rest of the world.