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

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.

I had no plans to be a director.

I made my first film on 16mm. Then I began using 35mm.Then I began working in Hollywood. And I began to really understand how films were made by professionals. I have to say I wasn't very impressed.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

I started using film as part of live theatre performance - what used to be called performance art - and I became intrigued by film.