This kind of directing, I think, is very similar to being a football coach. You prepare your players and place them in the right places, but once the game is on, there's nothing much you can do - you can smoke a cigarette or get nervous, but you can't do much.

In my films, I try to give people as little information as possible, which is still much more than what they get in real life. I feel that they should be grateful for the little bit of information I give them.

A digital camera does have many advantages and I was a believer that digital video would be a big influence on film-making.

I thought that I had been asked every kind of question possible.

Directors don't always create, they can also destroy with too many demands.

I really enjoy listening to stories. I remember them and keep them in my mind.

Film is very much a universal and common voice, and we can't limit it to one particular culture.