I actually have come to believe that if people were more connected to their fellow human beings, if we all felt more centred and fulfilled in our lives, maybe we would be pointing our cameras at a lot less social ills.

If people spend two hours thinking about the direction of their own lives and can relate to the stories they see on screen, to me that's a success.

I'm a filmmaker who is known for these ambiguous portraits that tell multiple sides of the story without really telling the audience what to think.

I never believe I'm presenting objective reality; I also don't want to delude people into thinking that my subject is talking directly to them.

If a concert film is an experience of the musicianship without critiquing it, then this, too, is dropping you into a world and letting you experience it.

What you hope, what you're trusting the filmmaker to do, is to capture the emotional truth of the situation.

Life is much more complex than the black-and-white sound bites that you get on television. There are nuances and shades of gray.