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I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

Cinema is a territory. It exists outside of movies. It's a place I live in. It's a way of seeing things, of experiencing life. But making films, that's supposed to be a profession.

Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

In America, I don't think you have the creative freedom that I'm used to. Traditionally, it's a producer's cinema here.

I am an entertainer. Cinema is entertainment. It is nothing more than that.

Movies are becoming more global, which is making them less intimate. If you make a movie for the world, you don't make it for any country.

Film is not a national business. It's international. And its centre will always be Hollywood.

But my sense in talking to people when I travel is that the film business is not that dissimilar from a lot of other businesses.

Cinema is an art form that is designed to go across borders. And as a filmmaker, the only way I can direct a movie is when I feel close to my culture.