I don't like family stories forcefully mixed with commercial elements.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
With family dramas, it's hard to keep those stories alive.
My stories are fundamentally about the love of family.
Families always stay the same, but they always provide more stories.
I've never been comfortable with the idea of using family and friends in stories. Which is why it takes me longer than something else. Because you make them up out of nothing. Doing that is harder.
Stories in families are colossally important. Every family has stories: some funny, some proud, some embarrassing, some shameful. Knowing them is proof of belonging to the family.
In my family, telling stories is just a way of life.
I think that my films are basically family stories, beyond the fact that they are global and have political and social commentary.
Family tends to be one of the recurring themes in my fiction.
I like stories that affect families.
I'm attracted to stories that deal with the family and what it's like to be a member of that family, whether it's together or apart, given the pressures that are put on it by the outside world.