My initial idea was I wanted to make it a horror film, very much. At times I do enter that world.

I always think once you have the lead protagonist, you cast around that character.

The problem with cinema nowadays is that it's a math problem. People can read a film mathematically; they know when this comes or that comes; in about 30 minutes, it's going to be over and have an ending. So film has become a mathematical solution. And that is boring, because art is not mathematical.

If an actor or actress is recognizable, that changes our perception of them.

I certainly believe that creativity must be an experience. If I'm to steal time away from people, we should give them something to react to.

There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.

I can't make a film that I don't feel comfortable with.