If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.

Sometimes it only takes three words, so long as they're the right words, to direct an actor in the right way.

If a film is very clever and well-written, that's what gives you freedom as a director. Part of the freedom in directing, for me, is that I'm also the camera operator. That's the place where things are less rigid, where I can adjust as I go along.

When I was young, my idea was to become a filmmaker.

My movies are, more or less, very short. I'm terrified of boring an audience.

I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.

Married people from my generation are like an endangered species!