Jose Padilha

“We make violent cops, we make violent criminals, and no wonder we have shootouts in slums all of the time.”

“As it turns out, what looks like science sometimes is not.”

“The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.”

“How can I make a movie about the violence of the police if the police aren't going to let me film it?”