I think feature film can be quite conservative, because you have to now get audiences to come out, and it's quite a hard thing to do. Of course, television can be conservative too.

I have to admit that I had a lot of problems with poetry.

I think I made good movies.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

In some ways Holy Smoke is about people's journey to the heart.

I fell in love again (laughs).

I've had a lot of different responses to my films. I got a lot of support from 'The Piano,' the obvious one, but it feels like an ocean, with a lot going on - the goal is to keep alive.