Normally, filmmakers would just write a script and cast people to act as certain characters in the story. But in my way of doing things, I have the actors in my mind already, so I'm trying to borrow something that's unique to them. The characters have a very natural connection to the actors themselves.

I never studied film formally at school, but as a kid, I spent most of my time in cinemas.

We love what we can't have, and we can't have what we love.

I'm not coming from film school. I learned cinema in the cinema watching films, so you always have a curiosity. I say, 'Well, what if I make a film in this genre? What if I make this film like this?'

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform.

I never had a problem with genre because a genre actually is like a uniform - you put yourself into a certain uniform. But if you dress up in a police officer's uniform, it doesn't mean that you are an officer; it can mean something else. But this is the starting point, and the best way is to not to fit into this uniform but to make this uniform a part of yourself.

I'm not afraid to delay the schedule to make sure that this is the film that I want, that this is the best that I can do at that point.