I was always obsessed with finding truly researched images to add authenticity, out of that came something totally contemporary and modern. Research is very key to my process because over and over again, reality provides more interesting images than you could have invented.

I was always obsessed with finding truly researched images to add authenticity, out of that came something totally contemporary and modern. Research is very key to my process because over and over again, reality provides more interesting images than you could have invented.

I would say L.A. is more polite than London - it's a very careful place. People talk a lot in code.

I find that after a screening, people really want to come and tell you what they feel.

Great acting is all about being in the moment, being in the present tense.

I mean, we've all had those dreams where, you know, we try to cry out and our voice won't come.

I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.