I use cinematic things in a theatrical way on stage, and in film I use theatrical techniques in a cinematic way.

I am, to be quite honest, sick of hero stories.

There is incredible power in the arts to inspire and influence.

Because my parents had given me tremendous respect, trust, and freedom as a child, I knew how to take responsibility for myself. If you're constantly being told "No, don't do that" or "We don't trust you," you can't develop that responsibility.

Creativity is a gift, but if you don't know how to use it you might not even know it's there. There's a lot of creativity in the air, but it's meaningless if you're not open to receiving it.

Limitations force you to find the essence of what you want to say, which is one of the most important things to know for an artist.

That's my policy - to be positive, to just hope that something will happen. If you start with all your fears, your receptivity is for the negative.