For some individuals - some soldiers, some contractors - combat provides a kind of purpose and meaning beyond which all else potentially pales in comparison.

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

Something becomes personal when it deviates from the norm.

One of the elements in the film that really fascinated me was not to look at the world in bi-polar terms of us vs them or east vs west, which was a by-product of the Cold War.

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

When I made my first film, I didn't think of it as directing, so it wasn't like I set out to become a director.

I thrive on production. It feels very much like a natural environment for me.