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

Directing is much more psychological-it's a lot like being a general. And you have to be organized. While you're making a film, you have between two and 500 people asking you a billion questions.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.

You have to stop yourself from even thinking about failing.

I want to experience a performance on all levels - I want goose bumps and I want to leave the movie or play arguing about something that's unresolved.

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.