Americans are not used to being bombed in their beds, but if you come from anywhere outside America, it's not highly unusual.

I want to question what the outside is and who defines it. I often find those that are considered to be on the outside extremely inspiring.

Christmas lights may be the loneliest thing for me, especially if you mix them up with reindeers and sleighs. I feel alone. I feel isolated. I feel I do not belong.

I look for the humanity in people, however big the politics or oppressive the situation may be, whether it's subsumed within a human being or between two human beings. I want to help us hold a mirror to ourselves.

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

It took me three years to learn to dress in the American way, especially in winter. That was just like me. I barely wear socks even now.

Every frame and every scene has to have an intention.