I really like to work with people who know a lot, but they also give me space so I can add something to the movie.

It's all about special effects and explosions now. It leaves me just cold when I walk out of the theater. There's no heart; there's no soul. Movies used to be about people. It's as though we don't tell stories any more. The studios have to make money, and if you want to make $20 million, you have to spend $200 million.

There is something more to "reality" than just the tangible. There is also mood, and you cannot skip that.

If you use hand-held techniques just to make the film stylish I think it's wrong.

Some movies are what I would call murky. Just because it's murky doesn't make it artistic. It makes it hard to see.

I always try to tell the story the best possible way. I create the mood for each scene in a way that the audience feels that they are right there with me and they feel actually in the mood that was right for the scene.

What I would suggest to the young people is to not forget this and don't try to get assimilated into today's Hollywood style of movies because I don't think it's going to last long.