There's this kind of strange mythology about me in the media because I've done unusual things.

Film is not analysis, it is the agitation of mind; cinema comes from the country fair and the circus, not from art and academicism.

If an actor knows how to milk a cow, I always know it will not be difficult to be in business with him.

What I do not like, the kind of high-resolution cameras, 4K, 6K, for shooting dialogue, for having faces and close-ups of actors, and you see every single pore in the skin.

Everything that I've done was prudent and never has anyone gotten hurt in my films - not a single actor, not a single extra, ever.

There is a fascination about crime, which is understandable, but hardly anyone talks about the families of victims of violent crime and the devastation that is beyond the victim alone.

I travel without barely any luggage. Just a second set of underwear and binoculars and a map and a toothbrush.