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I'd rather make an interesting film that gets people talking, that maybe some people hate, than make the kind of 'entertaining' film that everyone feels ambivalent about.

The best reason to make a film is that you feel passionately about it.

I feel like everyone wants to make a movie that they feel passionate about watching.

I like making movies that people feel inspired by, a film that they will think about a few days after seeing it, and not entertainment that is completely forgettable the moment you walk out of the theater.

You make a movie that is about what you want it to be about and let people have their reaction to it.

I wanted to make a film that was sophisticated and emotional, but for a wider audience.

When you work so hard on making a film, it's all worthwhile when you get to experience seeing that film with an audience who thoroughly enjoy it and react to the movie.

I wanted to make people feel the same way I feel when I see a good movie.

One can never anticipate how audiences will respond. One of the lessons that I've learned over the years is to that no matter what my feeling or opinion might be about a given film, once you give it to the audience, they own it.

I think I'm a very sentimental person. Conscious or not, that's what draws me to the kind of films I want to make.