The job of the writer and the filmmaker is not to impose his vision on the reality, but to be inspired by the reality and create a vision out of that.

We're living in a world that says that if you engage in mass fraud, you'll be rewarded, but if you go down the street and steal an orange juice, you get arrested.

The actors come and you start seeing things happen for real.

I never say "Action" or "Cut." Never. I think that would disturb the life from happening in and around everything.

Since Hollywood seems to be more interested in people wearing tights and using powers, there seems to be a fertile ground for movies about real human beings.

Sometimes we have dreams, but we just can't make them. That's normal.

I'm not going to read reviews like, "I have to do these things." Any good criticism makes you think about your own films and about cinema in general.