The first work of the director is to set a mood so that the actor's work can take place, so that the actor can create. And in order to do that, you have to communicate, communicate with the actors. And direction is about communication on all levels.

Style is something that's extremely important, but it must grow naturally out of who and what you are and what the material calls for. It cannot be superimposed.

The informing idea of what you want to say and do, that's what will take you from film school to professional - the idea. That's what is original to you.

Ive never seen a more terrifying film than 'The Bababook'. It will scare the hell out of you as it did me.

I don't think sexuality defines a person. It's one small part of who you are, in my view. You are many things, and I never felt that people were defined by their sexuality solely.

There are certain things that happen during the production of, I think, every film, that you didn't plan, and often it's better than what you did plan. There's the question of either going with it or not.

The studios mostly threw away the negatives of the classic films. They had no interest in their legacy.