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I was an audience member before I'm a filmmaker. All I've tried to do as a filmmaker was to make movies I want to see.

I know my audience, and they, in turn, know my cinema. When I pick a subject, it's for a family audience. I shoot and edit my films keeping them in mind. I'm dead sure about the product that bears my name.

I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.

Why do you act? You act for an audience. In the theatre, you're in their presence. Film stars don't know what it is to have an audience.

I make movies that audiences like, that I'd want to see. That's all.

When I am shooting, I am inside the theatre, when I am in the editing room, I am inside the theatre. I always try to feel what they will feel. I see a film, not as a director, but as the audience. If I am entertained, they will be, too.

I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.

To me the recognition of the audience is part of the filmmaking process. When you make a movie, it's for them.

When I'm onstage, I'm acting.