Cinema has become a global economy, totally international.

I think I avoid stepping into sentimentality by trying to be as truthful as possible with performances.

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

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

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.

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

My films do have characters who have trouble escaping the world around them.