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In films people basically work for the camera, you know, and that's why actors can hate each other and not be speaking to each other and still look as if they're in love because really they're loving the camera loving them.

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'.

Your relationship to a film, and to cinema, is very much determined by yourself, so what is relevant is you.

I have very strong relationships with my actors when I'm shooting. When you love an actor's work, you always feel you have to go further, and you make several films together. One film just gives you time to get acquainted.

A movie camera is like having someone you have a crush on watching you from afar - you pretend it's not there.

Well, I think that a lot of times when you're working on a film, there aren't really opportunities to get to know all the people you have to work with.

It's an incredible privilege for an actor to look into the camera. It's like looking right into the heart of the film, and you can't take that lightly.

I love that you work out relationships with people as you're filming just to get something real to play on screen.

Although filmmaking is collaborative and involves trust, ultimately it is the director who holds the whole picture together in their head.

There's such good people out there where there filmmaking world is alive.