I've sort of escaped my background, as people often do, through art and culture.

The awards season gives a chance for independent films to have a bit of longevity in the press and the media.

I say to first time filmmakers that when they're asked, they should go to America as you're far more likely to get a chance.

Its easy to like the most popular films, but I have a great fondness for A Life Less Ordinary.

You use elements of noir, but you don't want it to be too noir-ish. You don't want it to be advertised as though you're asking people to go and watch an updated noir. I don't think they'll go do that. They want to see a modern story.

I find that people find a way out of misery through humor and it's humor that's often unacceptable to people who are not in quite such a state of misery.

Movies are about time. You can take that momentum and manipulate time as well, or you can deliberately slow it down, stop it, and start it again. There is no other art form that does that type of manipulation in that way.