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We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.

I was watching a Storyville documentary called 'Blackfish' about killer whales in captivity. I was emotionally drained by the end. It revealed a real behind-the-scenes truth on what we do with animals.

On my second swim at Deception Island, the water was very clear and I was looking at hundreds of whale bones beneath me. It was a graveyard from the whaling some time in the 1920s-30s.

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the typical outcast that Whale was attracted to, and the monster in himself, that's inside all of us.

It had an enormous impact to the point of the United Nations passing a resolution against the killing and hunting of these whales as they are an endangered species. This was a documentary on the plight of the whales.

To have a huge, friendly whale willingly approach your boat and look you straight in the eye is without doubt one of the most extraordinary experiences on the planet.

I find it abhorrent to see a whale being slaughtered and do nothing but bear witness.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

People think it's very strange because I love whale watching - you don't see whales a lot where I'm from.