When you shoot in America, you have huge beams of sunlight in the windows, very vivid sunlight - it's faster in a way.

I think Hollywood has a habit of developing 100 times more than they actually shoot.

I try to find inspiration in books, paintings, illustrations and the one thing I try to avoid is just being inspired by other movies, because then you just are talking about movies in movies. I try to talk about movies that are culturally and spiritually a little more diverse.

You need to adjust your compass to an obtainable goal.

"What makes a man a man?" a friend of mine once wondered. Is it his origins? The way he comes to life? I don't think so. It's the choices he makes. Not how he starts things, but how he decides to end them.

I was part of a group that had a cinema club so every week we would project two or three movies on 16 or 35mm.

I only produce directors and movies that I have a lot in common with.