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Movies aren't just supposed to be a representation of reality. They're supposed to be an art.

I think that those are the things that you can uniquely do with film that are difficult to do anywhere else: they can bring a picture to life, give it a natural and historical context and make you feel that everything else is suddenly credible.

The essence of cinema is editing. It's the combination of what can be extraordinary images of people during emotional moments, or images in a general sense, put together in a kind of alchemy.

Film is a very, very powerful medium. It can either confirm the idea that things are wonderful the way they are, or it can reinforce the conception that things can be changed.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

Movies are art and the spirit of the movie depends on the creators.

When you're making a film all by yourself, that requires you to have quite a bit of a point of view in order for anything to get done.

Movies become art after editing. Instead of just reproducing reality, they juxtapose images of it. That implies expression; that's art.

Each production has certain circumstances that will bring you to a certain way of making it. It is not intentional, it is not an artistic decision, the way we make films, it is the way we address to our problems.

Making a film is like putting out a fire with sieve. There are so many elements, and it gets so complicated.