When that happens - when risk is taken and the filmmakers dive into the subject matter without a parachute - very often what you get it something with those qualities that make it age well with the public.

I'm very proud of my flops, as much as of my successes.

You don't have to specialize - do everything that you love and then, at some time, the future will come together for you in some form.

I was the kind of kid that had some talents or ability, but it never came out in school.

To make great movies, there is an element of risk. You have to say, 'Well, I am going to make this film, and it is not really a sure thing.'

I was excited to discover, in this tale by Eliade, the key themes that I most hope to understand better - time, consciousness and the dream-like basis of reality.

The photographer and the director are where reality and fantasy meet.