Part of the mystery of any given photograph is the fact that it was taken at a certain time and in a certain place and time keeps moving on. A photograph might be a moment in time preserved, but the world continues to change around it.

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

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

I'm really interested in self-deception. Really interested in how people live in bubble universes. How people can fail to see the seemingly obvious.

I like to think that every movie emerges from the conversations.

I believe we have two ideas about how movies are made in our heads. Idealizations. Platonic ideals. One of them is of a movie that is completely uncontrolled, and another is a movie that is completely controlled. The auteur theory vs. cinéma vérité.

I envy certain writers, because there are writers who do go into a kind of different zone, where the writing isn't controlled anymore.