I like to think of film-making not just as an act of personal self-aggrandisement but rather as an act of public service.

I don't feel despair because I am able to make the films I want to make, and that gives me hope.

Somewhat dramatic things happen, and you don't even always notice them — that's what life is.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

There is an audience out there for literate films - slower, more observant, more human films, and they deserve to be made.

That's how I like to do it with actors, have them really go for it and I'll tell them when it's too much. It's always easier to bring it back then to push it further.

I definitely in filmmaking more and more find writing and directing a means to harvest material for editing. It's all about editing.