I feel the film companies should pay for proper advertising to see that the movie will sell, instead of putting it on our backs.

You can find the richness in any moment, even the most seemingly bleak. To try to do a movie about that was a joyful experience. So actually, it was really the context of it that made the experience so worthwhile, rather than the actual subject matter, if that makes sense.

Every time I do a movie, I think it's going to be a huge hit.

Interest in certain themes doesn't mandate a personal stake or personal experience of those themes. I've killed people in plays, but no one asks me what it's like to kill people.

My parents were really encouraging. But I had to teach them the proper way you respond to an actor after seeing a play - regardless of whether you like their performance you tell them how great they are because they have to go on again the next night.

I always end up taking people that are morally ambiguous.

I don't want to expose the intricacies of my work so people can understand how I did it.