The smaller and younger kids are, the more patient you have to be. But if they're gifted, then it's a wonderful present that you're given by having a child like that in your film... more so than in the case of actors because, for example, if you ask them to play a lion, they don't then play a lion, they actually are a lion. So, a gifted child is something very special. On the other hand, if a child has no gifts in that way it's absolutely hopeless and there's nothing you can do!

For me, it's always difficult when a historical film claims to depict or represent a reality that none of us can know, that is always different. It's always the case. We never know what happened then.

It's more enjoyable to shoot in a studio on a single location with two actors... if they are good.

Film is simply the most complex way you can express yourself

In my film "Benny's Video," I depicted violence but I failed to say all that I had to say, so I wanted to continue the dialog and that's why I did "Funny Games." The irony is that after I shot "Funny Games," but it hadn't been released at all anywhere.

It's the duty of art to ask questions, not to provide answers. And if you want a clearer answer, I'll have to pass.

I try to get closer to reality, to get close to the contradictions. The cinema world can be a real world rather than a dream world.