The conception of background music is changing. You use less and less of it these days.

There's always some room for improvisation.

If the theme is simple, you can include a hundred details that create the illusion of actuality better.

I had developed this habit of writing scenarios as a hobby. I would find out which stories had been sold to be made into films and I would write my own treatment and then compare it.

Ever since Two Daughters I've been composing my own music.

When I write an original story I write about people I know first-hand and situations I'm familiar with. I don't write stories about the nineteenth century.

When I'm shooting on location, you get ideas on the spot - new angles. You make not major changes but important modifications, that you can't do on a set. I do that because you have to be economical.