The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.

In my view, the operas of Carlisle Floyd will find a place in the permanent repertoire.

In opera, everyone's watching from a fixed viewpoint, and that really challenges you. Lighting, the sets, stage groupings, the music-but doesn't relate too much to film.

The number of opera houses around the world and the high attendance rates show that opera an art form that is more popular than ever.

Film is shot in fragments, and the same moments can be shot again and again until the director is satisfied.

When I was 24 I went to Nigeria and it was such a culture shock, growing up in Australia and suddenly being the only white man in this unit full of black men.

When we were trying to get the money together for the film, one reason that was consistently given for not investing in it was that everyone kept saying no one could direct it well enough to entertain an audience for 100 minutes essentially watching three people chatting in the kitchen.