I want to explore new ideas and put myself in a place where I can finish a project that is more unusual or that doesn't seem doable.

I'm always excited to work with actors.

I shoot people in a way that makes the audience feel equal to them. And it's hard to express and it's hard to execute but I think it works on every level - the choice of the material the choice of the actor, my relationship with the actor, and so on.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

I think some people feel that if you are going to have 3D, then you have to shoot in 3D, but they shoot 3D, so of course they're going to say 'my way of doing a film is better.' I'm not telling anyone how they should do their film, so why should anyone tell me how I should do mine?

I don't mock things, which makes me more vulnerable to mockery myself. If you're cynical, you're protected from mockery. But I have to be nice. I don't think I have irony. A sense of humour, yes, but not irony.

You can't feel sorry for a scene. If the movie works without the scene, then you don't need the scene.