I've often noticed that we are not able to look at what we have in front of us, unless it's inside a frame.

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

A movie is about human beings, about humanity.

Cinema gives you the opportunity to be both a grandparent and a grandchild whereas in life you cannot be both at the same time.

There were years when Hitchcock was like a master to me, but now I think he's so artificial. I can watch films and say how technically beautiful they are, but I'm not impressed by any technicality.

It's not so much a question of whether we've shot it through 35mm or digital video; what is important is whether the audience accepts it as real.

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