I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens.

My films are as much concerned with truth as anything in vérité. Maybe more so.

There are many dramas that I would like to make: dramas based on real stories. It's approaching things from the other side.

We live in a very litigious society. I've never sued anybody. I certainly can imagine a situation where I might sue, but it seems more or less in bad taste.

I've had people turn me down. Not all that many, but certainly it happens.

War is such a peculiar thing - inaugurated by the whims of few, affecting the fate of many. It is difficult, if not impossible, thing to understand, yet we feel compelled to describe it as though it has meaning - even virtue. It starts for reasons often hopelessly obscure, meanders on, then stops

My stuff always starts with interviews. I start interviewing people, and then slowly but surely, a movie insinuates itself.