For Me, Making Films Is About Trying

I Wonder Whether My Bleak-o-meter Is Set Differently From Other People's. I Have Such Passion For What I Do That I Can't See It As Bleak. When People Use That Word, Or “grim” Or “gritty,” I Just Think, “oh, Come On, Look A Bit Deeper.” My Films Don't Give You An Easy Ride. I Can See That. The Sense I Get Is That People Have Quite A Physical Experience With Them. They Feel Afterwards That They've Really Been Through Something.

When Your Characters Are Really Living They Tell You What They Do.

I Hear Filmmakers Saying, 'i Wanted To Make To Make A Film About This Issue, Or This Theme,' But I Never Start Like That.

Films Are All About Decisions, And That's What I Love.

When I Was In New York I Heard Many People Saying That The Independent Film Industry Was In Big Trouble. I Was Reflecting On This When I Came Home. Realizing That Ever Since I Started Filmmaking, People Have Being Saying That. But Somehow It Keeps Going. Filmmakers Keep Going. We Need Stories To Make Sense Of The World And Some People Like Me Are Driven To Tell Them. I Have Faith This Will Always Be Possible.