Strangely enough, there's this mythology sprouting out that I cannot stop.

Everything you see in North Korea, it's all propaganda, but it's all connected to the volcano.

Spirit of immersion and curiosity and awe and participation is something which Timothy Treadwell and I have in common.

I like and I love everything that has to do with cinema, writing, directing, editing, creating music, and even acting.

For me, the distinction between documentaries and feature films is not so clear - my "documentaries" were largely scripted, rehearsed, and repeated, and have a lot of fantasy and concoction in them.

Similar thing until today, with digital cameras you look after something like that as robust as they can be.

The opinion of the public is sacred. The director is a cook who merely offers different dishes to them and has no right to insist they react in a particular way. A film is just a projection of light, completed only when it crosses the gaze of the audience[...]