Humanity has survived because the strong among us have, in the past, been obliged to help the weak. Without this, we would not survive.

I don't read the news anymore because I know it would make me depressed. So instead, I make beauty. I make movies.

This is what art can do in our time. Unite people, and give them hope.

Humanity has survived because the strong among us have, in the past, been obliged to help the weak. Without this, we would not survive.

Most of us want to live in harmony and peace and be good to others. Right now, however, the world is in a very turbulent time, and our leadership has gone crazy.

When I was younger, I did dark movies. It was a reflection of what I saw around me.

Filmmaking in general is about feeling and not about theory. You need to know a lot of rules about filmmaking: character development, grammar, and all these thing, but then you use it instinctively. I ask myself this question all the time. I have no solid theory, I just do what I feel is right.