I Never Start With The Story First,

I've Always Loved Films, Always. I Studied Literature And I Went To Columbia In New York And I Went To Paris For Part Of One Year And Ended Up Staying There.

I Think You Can Only Be Nostalgic For Something You've Lost.

I Always Start With Characters Rather Than With A Plot, Which Many Critics Would Say Is Very Obvious From The Lack Of Plot In My Films - Although I Think They Do Have Plots - But The Plot Is Not Of Primary Importance To Me, The Characters Are.

I'm Not Interested In Stories. Stories Are Interesting But I Don't Think My Head Works That Way. I Remember At Age 10 I Dreamt Of Making Animated Cartoons As Loops, Something You Could Just Project On Your Wall And Look At From Time To Time. Kind Of, Something To Stare At, Something That's Always There.

I Like To Work With Actors That Have Varied Experiences. But I Don't Choose Them Because Of Their Experience, I Choose Them Because Of Qualities I Think Would Make An Interesting Character And To Me There Is No One Way To Direct Actors, There Is Only One Way To Collaborate With One Person.