I discovered the 7th art at home when I was kid, through Charlie Chaplin's movies and those of my father who shot documentaries. He was my biggest influence. So I took his camera and started shooting.

My key interest in choosing scripts is character-driven stories, because there are so many stories that sacrifice character for plot.

I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.

[Depp] has real ambitions, but he is deeply afraid of being considered pretentious.

I'm on this diet where you're supposed to eat only fish and meat.

My father would tell anyone who would listen that this dentist thing he was doing was not his passion; cinematography was.

My father was an amateur filmmaker who shot 8mm color documentaries.