The kind of acting that's wholly literary or cerebral is wrong. It's useless for me to have actors so much in their heads that they can't be organic.

People have been very resistant to giving me more than the standard amount of money. So I keep making films on a similar scale. Which is fine, but also frustrating.

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

But films should be voyeuristic. What else is a film if you’re not snooping into somebody else’s lives?

The reason my films work is because every actor on set is very secure. They're able to fly.

You can't make a movie about the artist without shooting outdoors.

It creeps up on you and becomes an obsession. It comes out of watching a million movies.