I like making films about different cultures. I'm interested in things that I've never encountered before. I try to put myself in the audience's position.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I like to make films where I learn along the way, like the audience.
I'm a student of the movies. I'm a student of all media. This is what I do, and I like to immerse myself in what's current and what's topical. And I find that I'm drawn to those things.
I do a film if it interests me, has a connect with the audience and some entertainment value. The rest doesn't matter.
I truly believe in cinema's potential for cultural impact. I have a clear idea what I want to do - to enrich people's lives.
I make American films for American audiences and Asian films for Asian audiences.
Film is our literature, so we should tell stories that are apropos of our culture, in that we can learn something about ourselves.
I try to work on a film that my audiences would appreciate and enjoy their time in a theatre.
The things I want to make into a film, they're personal, esoteric things, and I don't expect anyone else to like them as much as I do. I generally like my films more than anybody else will.
Western civilization shapes the content of my films, provides me with subjects that haven't been used before.
I understand working-class culture, tribalism and the ethos of violence, so I make films about these things.