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.

There is a common theme, though, in the stories I have told, which are usually associations of characters or families that are formed outside of a family circle.

Even when you're making a movie about life, death is a presence, and I guess it's part of my dramatic viewpoint. I'm not sure why exactly.

I'm a junkie. I like drugs, I like the whole lifestyle, but it just didn't pay off.

In high school, I read 'Silas Marner' and I was very attracted to this character - he was very rundown and he'd just stop, and things would happen around him.

I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.