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Whether it's a popcorn movie or some really intellectual sociopolitical movie, I think to some degree they're all influenced by the social climate that we're living in.

My films are motivated by a keen interest in highlighting issues that affect marginalized populations who are caught in difficult circumstances.

Film is a collective experience, as you know.

When I go to a film, you're taking it easy and you let things wash over you. That's what cinema's all about. You get involved in a world that's being created in front of you.

I think if you look at the themes that are presented in the film, some are inherently social, and I think that any film which deals with the family is dealing with the smallest social unit in our society - and in a sense it is a question of scope.

You as an audience can look at these things as films, but I remember them as social experiences.

And the fact that I see so many films really seems to amaze certain people.

Some films clearly seem to divide people. And I do think there's something incredibly exciting about the commonality of us as human beings, which some films are lucky enough to tap into.

Look, I'm just a storyteller. When I make a film, I never want the film to become a vehicle of social propaganda.

I'm not naive enough to pretend that on its own cinema can capture the very soul of significant social and cultural problems.