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In general, I almost always watch foreign films.

I haven't done an international film for a long time.

I'm really drawn to European films.

Film for me became how I related to everything else.

My films are completely new. I am not similar to anybody in the history of movies.

I have been very fortunate, working a lot in TV, and have been able to dip into the film world a little bit here and there.

I grew up watching films. Film has been part of my life since I was a child.

Film is this incredible medium that allows us to feel empathy for people that are very different than us and worlds completely foreign from our own.

It's truly gratifying to see my films reach beyond a familiar public, to get a chance to move new audiences. It's nuts. It's extraordinary.

I was a young film student around the time of the new wave in film in the 1970s; old Hollywood was naff and over. For me, as a film student, I was going to see French and Italian cinema; American cinema was 'Easy Rider' and 'Taxi Driver.' Everything was gritty.