I've Long Since Stopped Worrying About How

The Main Problem Is That The Hollywood System Has Already Made The Film Before The Director Shoots A Single Frame.

I Can't Really See How Anybody Could Be Particularly Optimistic About The Future In General Because We Are Destroying The Planet.

I Try And Create For The Audience Something That Relates To Real-life Experience.

If I'm Ever Working On A Set And Anyone Talks About A Master Shot, I Say There Is No Master Shot. Before I Even Went To Film School, I Learned About Movies By Being In A British Feature Film, Where Everything Was Shot Master Shot, Mid-shot, Close-up. But I Reject The Idea Of A Master Shot. You Don't Shoot Everything Mechanically; You Find Imaginative Ways That Serve The Action.

My Work Requires Acting At Its Most Committed - It Demands Actors Of Enormous Resilience, But Also Intelligence And Wit. It Doesn't Work For Narcissistic Or Selfish Actors.