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.

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.

One of the things I love about cinema is the range.

I had no plans to be a director.

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 like to work my camera as if it were a musical instrument.