Well, I want to do everything in sort of a documentary style, ever since I started in the '80s.

When I was 14, I felt very rundown; I had a home to go to, but I felt like I was 60 or something, older than I feel now. And I don't know if it's something that happens at 14, or whether it was adolescence or whether I was gay, or closeted gay, or whatever it was, I felt that.

Modern-day cinema takes the form of a sermon. You don't get to think, you only get to receive information.

You never look at the backside of a mirror because when you do, it'll affect your future because you're looking at yourself backwards. No, you're looking at your inner self and you don't recognize it because you've never seen it before.

Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable.

I find it interesting, the different rules that apply to journalism and drama, even though journalism has become more and more about entertainment, and entertainment has become more and more about journalism.

I'm normally drawn to something I haven't done and seen before.