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Film is fragmented and gets into lots of other people's hands. There are a lot of pleasures that theatre gives me. You get to perform uninterrupted.

Obviously, I try to make the films work for an audience. That's the main point of making a film, and in retrospect, one can see that certain films, let's say Leaving Las Vegas, demonstrated its own success.

I personally enjoy theatre, but preferably I do films so that I can reach up to maximum audience. If you want to give a serious message, it will reach out to maximum people through films. But through theatre, you can hardly reach out to about 3,000 audience at a time.

Theater has given me a different perspective on the way I approach films.

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

You have to make films you feel strongly about. And then hope you can find the audience.

My job is to create a film, where we are capturing truth in performances.

For me, making films is like being on vacation, it's a nice walk. But theatre is like mountaineering. You never know whether you're going to fall off or make it to the top.

It's great to work in film and TV, and I love it, but there's nothing that can replace that instantaneous storytelling you get in theater.