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

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.

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

When I do the music, I make the musicians listen to what's happening in the film. That way they treat the dialogue as if it was a singer.

It's difficult working with very rich actors, because inevitably they become a little spoilt, and the managers and agents tend to control things more than is healthy.

The world is an infinitely fascinating, tragic and humorous place.

I would certainly say that films like Time Code and the Loss of Sexual Innocence were far more rewarding to me in terms of being able to move forward as a filmmaker.