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My whole career, only one person has stepped up to back me. All these people say they like your films. They say this and they say that, but no one actually does anything.

I've discovered I can't make a film about people I dislike.

There certainly is no secret in that there are plenty of people who don't like plenty of my movies. Each one of my films is personal; each one of my films is emotionally autobiographical. And I like directors who do that. With each one of my films, I'm exploring one of my own issues and I try to expose myself a little in the film.

I am my biggest critic. Even in films where people said they liked me, I have disliked myself.

Every time you do something, people are going to like it, people are going to hate it. You tend to make the movies on the basis you are making them for the people who are going to like them and not worrying too much about people who don't like them.

Lots of people have criticized my movies, but nobody has ever identified the real problem: I'm a sloppy filmmaker.

When you're making a film, there are so many people involved that you get opinions and notes from people and you don't even know who they are. I find that quite difficult and it wears you down.

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.

I get terrible reviews, but there are people who like to see me in the movies, I guess.

I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because people say things that are all over the place.