The first element that I connected with was the emotion. Sorry, that's how it goes.

What the Dalai Lama had to resolve was whether to stay in Tibet or leave. He wanted to stay, but staying would have meant the total destruction of Tibet, because he would have died and that would have ripped the heart out of his people.

There was always a part of me that wanted to be an old-time director. But I couldn't do that. I'm not a pro.

The most important thing is, how can I move forward towards something that I can't articulate, that is new in storytelling with moving images and sound?

I loved the idea of seeing the world through a boy's eyes.

It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

Vertigo is probably my favourite Hitchcock film and probably one of my favourite films of all time. It's a film that I'm obsessed with. I saw it on its first release in vista vision, projected in vista-vision, at the Capitol Theatre in New York. That moment when the nun comes up in the end... it's just an extraordinary shot.