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As an artist, all I want is to be a part of good films.

Filmmaking can be a fine art.

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

The only way you can continue to make artistic films is to make an occasional one of those. They kind of keep your marketability going to the extent that people will employ you.

I want to make it clear: it's not that I hate mainstream cinema. It's perfectly fine. There are a lot of people who need to escape, because they are in very difficult situations, so they have the right to escape from the world. But this has nothing to do with an art form.

I am trying to do the best work I possibly can and making movies that will have resonance for years to come. I think if you try for an Oscar or a goal like that, the more people are going to see it as transparent. It's not on my radar. If it happens, great, but I'm happy to continue working as I am, really.

There's always been a struggle with filmmakers between art and industry, and you have to find a balance.

Performance has to be mainstream art. This is what I'm fighting for.

There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.