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I'm a European, and I live there. I work in European films, and then once in a while, I make an American movie.

I'm really drawn to European films.

I grew up in Europe, and I used to like those very slow-moving European films. I've been contaminated by the American TV culture, and I just want things to move faster now.

When I say that I am going to do an American film, I didn't want to suddenly go off into a completely different world that which bears no relation to the style of filmmaking that I'm used to.

I love European movies and I kind of grew up on European films.

I feel that cinema is my country. But it's not my business.

There's an abundance of exposure when you start working in American films. Inevitably you become a brand and that has to be controlled.

I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

Once in a while, I need to go out of my way to do different films, to exploit all commercial angles to cater to the masses.