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And later I thought, I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography.

I view filmmaking as a director's medium.

If I weren't a director, I would want to be a film composer.

But actually I make films that I think are extremely sophisticated and cinematic.

I'm one of the few directors that actually shoots a lot in camera.

Most people think of cinematographers as choosing subjects of an epic nature to show off what they do - big, sweeping images of war or pageantry.

I don't necessarily see myself as an experienced filmmaker just because I've been in a few movies.

I think I'm drawn to films more as a director with a directorial mind even as an actor. I make movies to make the films, not to act.

I've worked with some of the great cinematographers. So I'm always watching what they do and I'm watching how the director composes his shots, just because I find it interesting as an actor; you're trying to help them out as well.

I've been a documentary photographer for much longer than I have been a filmmaker.