Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

The competition is not really friendly or peaceful. It leads to oppression in some ways.

In a way, putting actors deep into this sort of complicated universe frees them from thinking about who they should be. They just are somebody.

You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.

If you're not grown up enough to understand that a trailer is not done by the director, then fine. Judge the movie from the trailer.

I always wanted to create this community that would come and tell their own story, shoot it - and watch them. The idea is to not have one entity who creates the work, the project, and another entity who consumes it; the idea is people create their own work, like somebody cultivating his garden.

My grandfather lived across the garden from us, and in his attic he had a lot of radios, appliances and inventions that he had made over 50 years, such as a keyboard called a clavioline, which can be heard on some Beatles songs - it was popular in the 60s. So we had all that at home.