I'm drawn to provocative characters that find themselves in extreme situations. And I think I'm drawn to that consistently.

I like high impact movies.

There's a conventional reaction when you see a star: You anticipate he'll be a part of a particular denouement down the road, so you don't worry for that character.

I realised that there's a more muscular approach to film-making that I found very inspiring.

I need to have my hands on the DNA of a film.

I began to exercise a lot of cinematic muscle with the precepts I had learned in the New York art world. Film was intriguing. I began to think of art as elitist, whereas film was not.

I'm drawn to filmmaking that can transport me. Film can immerse you, put you there.