We never did things as we were supposed to do. That was part of our ethic. We did what felt right to us, not what someone told us we should do.

There is a drunkenness to grief, which is good.

I am intrigued by inanimate objects. They're a piece of history, someone's statement and ideas of life.

People ask 'How does doing a film compare to doing an ad?' Well, when you're doing a commercial you don't have to sell tickets. You have a captured audience. Which is actually completely rare and great; it gives you a lot of freedom. When you make a film, you have to do advertisements for the film.

I don't really believe that documentary is objective reality and fiction is all illusion.

My graffiti really comes more from a May '68, sort of Situationist vibe than the hip-hop world. I think a real graffiti artist would find me a poser.

I'm into people's emotional lives and relationships and the complications of living. That's my turf.