I've been making films with almost no dialogue (laughs), so sound and music become a very powerful character to tell the story. It's almost like with sound and music and images, it's your tool to tell the story, especially when I decide to structure the film in a way that usually goes against the conventions of the three-act structure which most films are made out of.

Cinema is mass media, it is both overtly gross and exciting. It is our great mirror of society.

The conversations about a film are an example of success because then you know whatever you've done has resonated.

I'm a fetishist. I make films based on what I would like to see.

Sometimes I just play the theme from Arthur. It reminds me of my childhood in New York and I just love it.

The kind of group mentality that we had lived under since the Second World War is starting to erupt, and the craving for individualism is now much stronger. It's not as taboo anymore, as it was when I was younger.

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.