Beautifully-acted and precisely observed, ILO ILO is an amazing debut, full of heart and intelligence.

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie, and I'm not gay. I learned as I went along.

To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.

It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home.

You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose genres as the element, but the material itself is the element, then I'll decide what genre I need. That's just how I work.