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I think it's important for anyone who takes cinema seriously not to limit yourself to just optimistic or happy movies. I think that's a problem. You've got to be willing to let the art of cinema take you into some darker places if you're going to make full use of it.

The problem with movies is you are over-rewarded for the work you do. It's hard to give up, and I got used to a certain lifestyle.

I just love movies, so suddenly, you're political about movies, and that's dark. It's just not fun when something you love becomes calculated.

I get emotionally attached with every film I do, and that stops me from being critical. I can't fight my emotions.

I don't like films giving me answers. I like films that are provoking me, that are making me feel not only being in an easy place.

All my movies are achingly personal.

I turn down a lot of movies because sometimes they glamorize violence or the darker side of sex or criminality.

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

It's a hard line to walk, man. Cause you know you want to make this movie, you want to make it dark and real, you want to show all this stuff but unfortunately you can't always do that.