I Consider All My Films An Experiment,

It's A Disease Of Critics That Once They've Labeled Someone, It's Very Hard To Change Their Perspective. It's Laziness.

Usually, When Making A Film, The Surprises Are Negative Surprises. You Don't Get What You Wanted Or What You Hoped For. The Only Nice Surprises Are Those That Are Offered To You By Actors When They Offer You These Gifts, When They Are Better And Give You More Than What You Had Originally Conceived. That Doesn't Happen Every Day On Set, But If It Happens A Couple Of Times In The Course Of Making A Film, You Can Consider Yourself Very Lucky.

Films That Are Entertainments Give Simple Answers But I Think That's Ultimately More Cynical, As It Denies The Viewer Room To Think. If There Are More Answers At The End, Then Surely It Is A Richer Experience.

And If There Was One Title That Could Be Applied To All My Films, It Would Be 'civil War' - Not Civil War In The Way We Know It, But The Daily War That Goes On Between Us All.

I Learned My Business In The Theater And In Television, Particularly Working With The Actors. You Can Learn Much More In The Theater Than Directing A Movie, Because Then You Have No Time When You Are Shooting A Movie To Really Work With The Actors. You Have To Learn This Craft Somewhere Else.