Always get to the set or the location early, so that you can be all alone and draw your inspiration for the blocking and the setups in private and quiet.

For me, the key image is the boat coming through the fog at the beginning. It's something I imagined and liked and I guess there are other references in other films I make - the similar type of image. But I think it's interesting, it's breaking through the mystery, or maybe it stays in the fog... we don't really know. Where is he at the beginning of the film, who is he?

Howard Hughes was this visionary who was obsessed with speed and flying like a god... I loved his idea of what filmmaking was.

I can't really envision a time when I'm not shooting something.

I didn't realize there are generations who do not know about the origins of film.

There must be people who remember World War II and the Holocaust who can help us get out of this rut.

A lot of what I'm obsessed with is the relationship and the dynamics between people and the family, particularly brothers and their father.