Yeah, I had a tremendous time shooting in Nebraska. I like that state a lot, all over it.

On a movie, it's always better to stay invisible as much as you can to keep things calm. I like to whisper to my cameraman, I like to whisper to my actors, and whoever else I've gotten to whisper to.

A clearer and more conventional narrative would have helped the film without, in my opinion, lessening its beauty and its impact. Frankly, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm doing there and what I was supposed to add in that context! What's more, Terry Malick himself never managed to explain it to me clearly.

When you get divorced, all the truths that come out, you sit there and go, 'What the f**k was I doing? What was I doing believing that this person was invested in this way?' Which is a fantastically strong humiliation in the best sense. It can make somebody very bitter and very hard and closed off, but I find it does the opposite to me.

Child-rearing is my main interest now. I'm a hands-on father.

I'm not good at talking to strangers, whether they're sick children or they're - I'm just not good. I'm shy with it.

The thing that's very close in the process is writing and acting, not directing. Directing's very different.