I Feel Very Much Ideologically, Politically If

I Feel Very Much Ideologically, Politically If You Like, And Emotionally Part Of The European Cinema.

I Discover What My Film Is By Embarking On The Journey Of Making It.

It's Important To Be True To The Events, But The Most Important Thing Is To Get To The Essence Of The Experience. Not To Be Bogged Down In An Academic Way By A Notion Of The Truth. First Of All, The Truth Is An Illusive And Spurious Concept.

I Hope I Make Films Where You Walk Away . . . With Work To Do, Arguments To Have, Things To Worry About, Things To Care About. In That Sense, I Would Regard What I Do As Political.

The Kind Of Acting That's Wholly Literary Or Cerebral Is Wrong. It's Useless For Me To Have Actors So Much In Their Heads That They Can't Be Organic.