Films take up so much time, and with theatre, you do have to plan a period of time that you can be free.

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

The power of sound to put an audience in a certain psychological state is vastly undervalued. And the more you know about music and harmony, the more you can do with that.

I never had any urge or desire to do like a big spectacular movie with thousands and thousands of extras. I'd rather watch paint drying. But put me in a room with three people having a hard time, like a character situation, and then you're into a really intense portraiture kind of concept.

There's nothing I've done which I'm ashamed of or I thought was actually bad.

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

I play piano and trumpet. I studied classical guitar.