For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.

The most difficult thing is the organization of people and the expression of your intentions. It's very easy to have a picture in your head and to imagine that you've told everybody about what you need.

I took two years away from making films to write a novel.

The Company of Wolves doesn't belong in any category, so it's difficult to prepare an audience for it. It's not a horror film, it's not a fantasy film, it's not a children's film - so what is it?

Well, I suppose I'm interested in ways of storytelling and in stories that are about storytelling.

If you're brought up Catholic, you're convinced of magic at a very early age. You're convinced the world isn't entirely real, which is a kind of conviction that never leaves you, for some strange reason.

For me, the filmmaking has to be about the dramaturgy.