Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.

Those of us who work in the arts know that depiction is not endorsement. If it was, no artist would be able to paint inhumane practices, no author could write about them, and no filmmaker could delve into the thorny subjects of our time.

What's most galvanizing for me is the opportunity to be topical and relevant and entertaining. That's the holy grail.

Perhaps the only thing in my favor is that I am very tenacious. I don't take 'no' very well.

I do have to say I have been very fortunate.

I suppose I like to think of myself as a film-maker.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.