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.

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.

Any documentary; any capturing of a non-fiction event, is a hyper-realistic condensation of reality that hopefully reveals an emotional truth. It's never the actual literal truth of an event.

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.

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

The Metallica film was like this incredible life experience where I learned the most through guys that stereotypically you would think couldn't offer much to you. That's what I love about the film: It explodes your stereotype of them - they're not just a bunch of lugheads banging on the guitar.

The world is watching, and you better be fair.