Gleaning is getting things that are abandoned. I did not abandon my early pictures, my photos, my early films. It's just going through my body of work as something I can pick from.

I was a photographer first.I worked alone. I did it my way as much as I could. I have been sort of courageous about doing things, because I didn't think I should do less than my brothers.

The tool of every self-portrait is the mirror. You see yourself in it. Turn it the other way, and you see the world .

It's nice to think that we have in ourselves the energy. It's somewhere, but it's sleeping sometimes. I try to wake it up when I need it.

You have to be strong to be a carpenter, maybe, but the director of a film doesn't need to have muscles.

It's peaceful to think about the family as a group. I totally believe in extended families.

When I started I did not know I wanted to be a filmmaker. I started - I made a film. Then when I finished I said, Oh my god it's so beautiful - I should be a filmmaker!