Evil gives you far more strings to pull. But I must say that I have never been interested in the psychology of evil, not in the slightest. Perhaps I'm not interested in evil, but in the dark sides of human beings.

When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

A film should be like a rock in the shoe.

I encouraged the cast to make up their own lines.

I understand Hitler... I sympathise with him a little bit.

Unfortunately, on one or both of my shoulders sits lots of anxiety and that is a controlling factor in my life.

I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.