If you don't have the story and the unfolding of the trajectory of the saga, it's like getting in a car and not having any gas.

Everything's changing so fast that it's sometimes hard to keep up.

As I do with most films, I try and find some music that you could use throughout, not just a sampling of lots of different artists.

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.

I used to take photographs just to remember people.

The area of teenage life is not necessarily rarefied; we've all gone through that period. It's not as rarefied as a western or a space adventure or a gangster film, but it has its own dynamic.