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You have to be involved and relate to the characters in order to make a film that is true emotionally.

I think there are a lot more relationship scenes in my movies that people tend to overlook. A lot of scenes really feel real and are about the characters.

I think invariably when you are dealing with relationships, the films really center on that, and the plot is really born out of that. That's the most core part of a relationship: intimacy, I think, whether it's expressed or not.

Sometimes movies gloss over things, and it was important to me that this was realistic.

I spent 12 years doing different things in film trying to figure out the story I wanted to tell.

I love movies, but I think people think relationships are supposed to go how they go in movies. The ones I like are the ones that represent life.

But in film you always watch situations or stories that you really have no relation to. A lot of times just because there's no personal connection doesn't mean you can't connect with the film or the characters in the film.

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

Truth is quite constricting, in a way. You endlessly see at the start of a film 'This is a true story'.