Despite the great advantages of digital video and the great ease of using the medium, still those who use it have first to understand the sensitivities of how to best use the medium.

As long as I take the responsibility of the choice, I have to make the choice that is as right as possible.

When I talk to some of the younger filmmakers, they are so worried about their films that, eventually, this state of being worried reflects itself in and helps the final work. Whereas, with projects that are meticulously planned, you look at the end result and it is full of emptiness.

In my opinion the man looks at the relationship in a more bitter fashion and the woman still holds great hopes.

I did not have a script [of Close Up]. I made notes in the evenings and we filmed during the day over 40 days.I didn't sleep a wink for those 40 nights. I have a picture from the end of the shoot, and in it I have lost all my hair.

I don't like reverse-angle shots - I find them very fake and very untruthful to the viewer.

I don't generally derive my stories from novels. I try to turn into film things I have felt or experienced.