When I was a child, I had a quiet, protected childhood.

I used to live in a little city by the sea, and the feeling of isolation - it was not like living in Paris or London. It was a bit apart from the main city, and [it gave me] this feeling of isolation and also being close to nature, with nature as a surrounding and also a frontier, from the society of the world.

I am very much interested in fairy tales. I guess that most of the films I like to do have this kind of aspect.

When I was a child, I had a quiet, protected childhood.

With digital, you can shoot longer, take more risks.

I think sometimes there are films where I understand what they are about, but there are also some mysterious areas in the film where I haven't got the whole image and I haven't got everything. And then it stays much longer with me, because I have to somehow put myself much more into the film to get it. And so this is what I'm trying to do with my films.

I try to simplify things for the children.