There's a sadness to the human condition that I think music is good for. It gives a counterpoint to the visual beauty, and adds depth to pictures that they wouldn't have if the music wasn't there.

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.

There's nothing quite like the idea of failing spectacularly to excite a film maker

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

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

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

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