Filmmaking is not about what we see - it's a very misconceived notion; it's about what we don't see.
It's hard to always challenge yourself, coming up with new ways to make your life difficult, so when you make something, it becomes more interesting.
I find beauty very frightening because it's such an all consuming subject in our society.
The more we become civilized, the more we simultaneously understand our need to be virtuous and our need to understand our experiences on a subconscious level.
I believe silence is the greatest sound of all.
For me, it's all about having the performers feel confident in their movements and surroundings. And then I'll figure out how to photograph it afterward.
I base everything on my instinctual approach. There's something very satisfying in that creativity, and it's a bit like an infant drawing.
I think you have to be so indulgent in creativity in that, if you're happy, it's successful. If it's then financially successful, which is different parameters, then you're also happy.
There will always be a theatrical experience because there will always be cinemas no matter what. It's like there will always be theaters to have stage plays in.
I'm a huge admirer of Keanu. I think he's absolutely extraordinary.
I believe that the constant possibility of failure or possibility of decision-making feeds your creativity.
I'm not a political filmmaker.