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I tell the stories that are of interest to me.

Crime and legal stories, broadly speaking, are just where my interest happens to lie.

I go out and look for a good story to tell and if I like it enough and I decide to direct it, I become dangerously involved in becoming a part of that story.

I want to tell stories for everyone, primarily.

I knew that my interest lied in international stories. I was interested in how women were living under the Taliban, for example.

Doing a story about my mundane, waking life, how much I don't like my job, or breaking up with someone, I don't think so. Those stories don't interest me that much as a general thing.

I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.

I am interested in personal stories because that's when people become expressive, spontaneous and heartfelt.