I've never watched my films with an everyday audience so it was really crazy to watch people clap at the end of my film - with no one there, no actors, no people from the film. It was just a spontaneous reaction, so I thought that was probably the best compliment you could get from an audience.

The apartments are made for eels.

It's nice to represent to other people in the world that Americans actually do know what's happening in the world, can speak other languages and are conscientious. The perception quite often is that we don't know what's beyond our county line.

Your movie should lull people into a place of openness and vulnerability. If it is just a diatribe, it's never going to work.

I just have a hard time displaying things.

I want to be happy while I make movies and not just do things just to work. I want to do things I spend years on.

You have to tease enough misinformation and lack of information to hopefully make people want more.