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I'm much more interested in living specific experiences in films.

I got into filmmaking in order to tell very personal stories, and in this day and age, the opportunity seems all the more precious.

You're basically the sum of all the experiences you've ever had, and they're sort of shaken up in you and reproduced in the things you create, and that includes seeing movies.

When I cast great actors, I try to make extraordinary people ordinary, dealing with these extremely small intimate details of interpersonal relationships against an epic backdrop.

Every film that I have done has a special place in my heart.

I haven't done many films. But with every movie, I try to showcase a different side of me through a character.

My films express me, my sense of rhythm, my sense of impact, my sense of kinetic energy. I like films to move, but I like also clear storytelling and characters, and most of all, I like authentic emotion.

I love films that show people in a way that's so real it's almost unsettling, and that's what really inspires me because I write about people. I write about people that I know, so I want to portray them and portray myself in a way that is unapologetic.

Film has the potential of allowing me to explore my own ideas, which I find very attractive.

My cinema is an extension of myself. A sort of life-testimony of my vital experience, with my few virtues and my numerous limitations.