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I think that in some cases, I've made films that have a sentimental quality, at least as part of the film.

I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life.

I'm very emotional and possessive about all my films.

I prefer to make a film that people have a really intense reaction to than have a film that people feel ambivalent about.

I love films, I love the way they make me feel.

In film, it's very important to not allow yourself to get sentimental, which, being British, I try to avoid. People sometimes regard sentimentality as emotion. It is not. Sentimentality is unearned emotion.

I had very strong feelings, so the chance to make a film that deals in an imaginative way with stuff you care tremendously about is a real high. It's a really amazing thing to be able to do.

I am so picky about what films I get myself into because it's such an explosion of energy and commitment once you get in there, you destroy your life until you deliver these films. I never want to be in the position of making films that won't be a great use of 90 minutes of someone's life.

The things I want to make into a film, they're personal, esoteric things, and I don't expect anyone else to like them as much as I do. I generally like my films more than anybody else will.

I always question if somebody else is going to love my films. I think that's what art is about - it's so individual.