I think that learning Burmese has to have been one of the most challenging things that I have had to do for a movie.

When I made my first film, it was just an adventure. But after my first movie, I guess I got more of a feeling of what was happening around me.

When you face up to bad things in the past, the most important thing is not to allow them to happen today or in the future, and as storytellers, we must play our part in that.

Every time you do a movie, it's important for your career, your reputation.

Digitization has altered the nature of the film industry. Social media, especially, has become a decisive factor in determining a film's box office success.

Every album is like starting our career over again. We don't get blase, we don't get lazy.

After I got back my career and my artistic freedom in 1982, my golden rule is the music must never suffer.

Balancing my film career and my music will be something I'm just going to have to deal with, as it happens. I think I can balance it out; the choices will probably be pretty clear. If there's a movie I just have to do, I will work the music around it.