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I've done quite a few big American films.

There's nothing more American than movies.

I've often gone to start a film only to find the producers surprised to discover that I'm American.

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.

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers.

I'm not usually attracted to big-budget American films.

I find the stuff that is exciting to me are the films coming out of Taiwan and Iran and France. So I have the feeling I'm not making the films that American distributors want to make.

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

Movies are such an integral part of American culture. We're so spread out in this country, and movies offer us a chance to come together and have a communal experience.

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