I used to say that interviewing others was perhaps the way I could stop talking and start listening. It's a kind of enforced silence.

One of the strengths of my interviews is that I really, honest to God, have no idea what people are going to say.

There is a documentary element in my films, a very strong documentary element, but by documentary element, I mean an element that's out of control, that's not controlled by me. And that element is the words, the language that people use, what they say in an interview. They're not written, not rehearsed. It's spontaneous, extemporaneous material. People

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

There is something about the photographs that is endlessly disturbing. The fact that we like to think of them as torture actually hides what is really deeply offensive about them.

It's a kind of honour when I see how many people are imitating the style of how I make films.

I've always wondered where explanations end and excuses begin.