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Cinema is a worldwide phenomenon.

Cinema is an art form.

Writers would hate me saying this, and I love words, but I have to say that cinema exists, on one level, for the power of the big image and what that image does.

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 reflection of its own society.

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.

I think cinema is the memory and the imagination of the country. Take the memory and imagination out of an individual, and he stops being an individual. I think it's the same thing for a country.

The cinema is there to heighten the imagination; I have always tried to make sure it does so.

I think film is a world of directors. Theater is a world of actors.

Making movies is a way of understanding myself and the world.