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I had never thought of myself as a director and found out that I was not. I am a writer who was able to direct the films that I write.

I never consciously do any work directly influenced from any movie, unless I'm doing a parody.

'Control' had to do with my own life a lot, and that's why that seemed to be a film I could be the director of, because I had an emotional attachment to the whole story. And because of that experience, I feel that I can try other films. I didn't set out to become a director.

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

That's it really, at the moment I wouldn't say I was influenced by any one thing in particular.

In a weird way, when I was looking back, I didn't know I was going to be a director until I was.

Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.

But everyone gets burnt, don't they? Certain things are outside of your control. I suppose the only thing you can learn as a director is to not put yourself into situations where it can get outside of your control. And that's what happened.

I just knew how to do the one thing I did, and whether I did it well or not depended on who the director was.