The great thing with film is that it doesn't have an ego. It's just a film. Everybody that makes them has an ego, and the problem with awards and stuff like that is that it always affects the egos, and everyone gets stained by it in some way. And that can be fine and very innocent, but it can be horrible as well.

I was brought up a very strict Catholic and I don't practice anymore or anything.

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.

I haven't got anything against films that are about the minutia of relationships or customs, but I love extremes.

Everybody expects you to be qualified to talk about your films, but in a way, you're the least qualified person to talk about them. When you're finished, you don't watch them at all.

I think women assess time passage much better than men - because of their biological clocks - and they are much more realistic about measuring out time, whereas men tend to hang onto things. Women acknowledge the biology of their time, and dance through the beat of that drum...whereas men just drum.

I don't want to make pompous, serious films.