Independent filmmaking has always been there and it's not to be forgotten.

I can't really see how anybody could be particularly optimistic about the future in general because we are destroying the planet.

Films are made all over the world all the time and only a thin slice of that product is Hollywood.

I take no notice of the trends. It has never concerned me at all. My job is to deal with what I want to deal with and reach an audience by doing so.

In the first place, I'm pretty thorough about whom I choose. I instinctively look for the kind of actor who is going to be trusting. There are all kinds of insecure people out there called actors.

The whole thing about making films in an organic film on location is that it's not all about characters, relationships and themes, it's also about place and the poetry of place. It's about the spirit of what you find, the accidents of what you stumble across.

I've walked out of films. But for every film I've ever walked out of, I've probably walked out of 500 plays.