My mother used to take my brother and me to get any books we wanted, but they were second hand books published in the '30s and '40s. I liked scary books.

In horror movies today its lots of fast cut shot and lots of loud noises on the soundtrack. I tried to do the opposite. Playing with silence for instance.

What's really exciting for me is communicating to other people and not just going somewhere to make a movie. That's Hollywood to me and it would mean nothing.

My movies, in general, I have the impression that when they finish of course they're never originally what you had in mind.

I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things.

Sometimes it depends on the actor or the actress. Sometimes they demand a lot of rehearsals. Sometimes they don't. Making movies is not like making a play, so I guess you can leave some of the work for improvisation when they do the work.

Sometimes a piece of music in the score isn't effective. When a score is too well finished with too many elements, sometimes it's too much.