For me comedy and violence has a lot in common. Just as you expect, comedy always lurks behind the most unexpected of circumstances.

One thing I hate in movies is when the camera starts circling around the characters. I find that totally fake.

I paint for the sheer joy of painting. I have never sold any of my paintings. I'd rather give them to people for free.

The thing about art for me is that you can go on theorising your work forever, because it's open to interpretation.

I hate seeing people getting hurt or hurting other people. I hate seeing blood. I am very intolerant of physical pain. I find violence horrifying, so much so that I can't help being intrigued by it.

My film directorial career has been nothing but repetition of one failure after another!

I think my way of showing violence is unique from that of other filmmakers, in that when I show it, it hurts. It happens unexpectedly and looks painful. That's how it is in real life, and that's how it should be expressed. I don't glamorize it, nor do I depict it without necessity or inevitability.