I Do Know That Some Buddhists Are

I'd Like To Do A Number Of Films. Westerns. Genre Pieces. Maybe Another Film About Italian Americans Where They're Not Gangsters, Just To Prove That Not All Italians Are Gangsters.

Eradicating A Religion Of Kindness Is, I Think, A Terrible Thing For The Chinese To Attempt.

[action's] A Western Thing. We Think Of The Hero Going Into Battle, Rebelling Against A Government Or An Oppressor, But [in Kundun] Action Is Nonaction Or What Appears To Be Nonaction. That's A Hard Concept For Western Audiences. . . . We Wanted To Show A Kind Of Moral Action, A Spiritual Action, An Emotional Action. Some People Will Pick Up On It; Some Won't.

You Don't Make Up For Your Sins In Church. You Do It In The Streets. You Do It At Home. The Rest Is Bullshit And You Know It.

Being Independent... Is Being Innovative Out Of Inspiration As Well As Necessity.