Whereas painting is a more rarefied art form, with a limited audience, I recognized film as this extraordinary social tool that could reach tremendous numbers of people.

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

I don't want to be made pacified or made comfortable. I like stuff that gets your adrenaline going.

On the other hand, I believe there's hope, because the breakdown and the repair are happening simultaneously.

The Communist regime didn't consider this to be a shining moment in history and assigned no heroism to it. They classified it as merely an accident.

My movement from painting to film was a very conscious one.

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.