I don't like nihilistic characters. As bad guys they're great, but as heroes they don't work.

The truth is, writing and directing are two very different jobs. They're not even remotely the same job. It took me a while, as a director, to understand that.

Filmmaking is incredible introspective. It forces you to sort of examine yourself in new ways.

All movies are alchemy and time is one of the ingredients that goes into the alchemy. You want the time to be right; you don't want to rush it. You need the right script, the right cast and the right feeling in the culture.

We've always been a band who's taken forever to do things. After writing 'Persona' I think we wrote about four songs in three years!

Everything I've ever worked on has been hard to classify.

I just go with what excites me.