It was important on The Shipping News to have my house far enough away from each location so I had this time in the morning to think about my shots and still remain open to surprises once I got to the set.

I made all their videos, apart from the last two, so if you ever see an Abba video on TV then it’s my stuff.

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

I feel the need to work with my wife, Lena Olin, again.

A film that is bleached tends to have a more realistic quality.

I love involving actors at all levels - and they have to know that I want to hear their contributions, with dialogue, with story suggestions, with script changes, whatever.

I always try to preserve my cinematographic style, even while I work in the US. I wish to always be European.