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You need philosophy. It sounds a little pompous but I think when you direct a film, the only way to find a response to the questions you keep asking yourself is to have a philosophy.

In a sense, I think a movie is really a little like a question and when you make it, that's when you get the answer.

You don't make a film because the audience is ready for it. You make a film because you have questions that are in your gut.

When you write and direct your own film, you basically know exactly what you want. Or you hope to. For the studio, it actually can make life a little easier, because if you have a bunch of questions, they only need to call one person.

I don't think it's the job of filmmakers to give anybody answers. I do think, though, that a good film makes you ask questions of yourself as you leave the theatre.

I think what's so great about making your first feature film is that you're so naive in some ways; you don't know what to expect, and you don't question things as much because you're just trying to figure it out as you go.

I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions.

People ask what are my intentions with my films - my aims. It is a difficult and dangerous question, and I usually give an evasive answer: I try to tell the truth about the human condition, the truth as I see it. This answer seems to satisfy everyone, but it is not quite correct.

When you direct your first film, you always start by telling stories that you are familiar with.

The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it like a child discovers a new world.