I seem to have been able to make a career out of doing what I feel like doing, so why not keep doing it? What's corrupting is wanting to be more important. You want to be more arty - you get your identity from that. Or you get your identity out of making more money.

Actual violence has no attraction for me at all.

Tragedy makes you grow up.

I'm a much better filmmaker than painter. But studying it did make me visually acute and taught me lessons like being economic: Say something once and you don't have to say it again.

I would love to see more women directors because they represent half of the population and gave birth to the whole world. Without them the rest [of the world] are not getting to know the whole story.

But I think it's quite clear in my work that my orientation isn't political or doesn't come out of modern politics.

Only when you are relaxed can you see what's going on.