If I had not been successful as a director, then I'm sure I would still be telling stories. I would have continued on 16mm or found a different medium through which to tell them. Maybe they would have been less glamorous than films, but I would continue to tell stories.

There is a mysterious stillness and intimacy of a woman doing her hair and make-up which attracts me.

A dead love never dies.

Never again work in the same conditions in whichyou made your first film. It's good to take risks, but not thatmuch risk.

I think that there is always a part of utopia in any romantic relationship.

The Flower of My Secret is definitely more based in true emotions. I also wanted to make something more realistic, but not naturalistic or simple.

Once we actually have the production script after many rewrites, at that point is when I start to decide what the look and colors will be. I work like a painter, even though I'm working in three dimensions. I'm working with chairs. I'm working with walls. But even things like the floor or the walls that people might think are not important, they actually do influence the visual look of the film. These are also things that I have to think about.