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A lot of cinema is about the game of authenticity - do you feel it's real?

Truth be told, I hear stories every day that would make you say, 'If you put that in a movie, you wouldn't believe it.' Real life really is kinda incredible; the stories from people's actual lives defy credibility. People's lives are messy, humans are messy, and they're flawed.

Films are neither true nor false. That includes my films, as well as others. They may make claims that are true or false, but films are too complex. They have too many ingredients.

We all do films believing in them completely, but sometimes, the audiences like what we like, and other times, they don't.

If you can remain true to the people who know you the best and not be sidetracked by the flashing lights and glimmering of the cameras, it's like, just being down-to-earth and just kind of staying real.

I've told people who have just started to make a film that the one thing you might experience is this feeling that everybody is conspiring against you, because you're not necessarily able to tell what's real and what's not.

You make a film you feel is as real as possible and hope people react as though it were real.

People want to see something authentic. If it's too polished and highly produced, people might not trust it as much. If it's grainy, if it's coming from a webcam, if it's someone standing there and talking their mind or sharing their thoughts, people trust it much more.

I believe every time you film anybody, you create reality with that person - whether it's fiction or nonfiction.

There are times when you're working with film people when you have to say, 'If the camera were on you, what you're doing would be perfect'.