I'm a huge fan of world cinema, because each country uses cinema in a very individual way.

But I don't have such a strong desire to need to get away from filmmaking.

I've held onto little musical sketches that I thought could be useful, and the more time that I spend doing them for each film, then the more I have to draw on.

In discussing the process with the actors, I made it clear to them that they could improvise but that the sum total of their improvisation needed to impart certain plot points, and schematic material.

Then I became interested in drama, and almost by accident, I drifted into film.

The function of camera movement is to assist the storytelling. That's all it is. It cannot be there just to demonstrate itself.

I might have a guitar or a piano on set to play something for the actors.