As A Private Person, Professionally I Am

I Love Actors, Both My Parents Were Actors, And The Work With Actors Is The Most Enjoyable Part Of Making A Film. It's Important That They Feel Protected And Are Confident They Won't Be Betrayed. When You Create That Atmosphere Of Trust, It's In The Bag - The Actors Will Do Everything To Satisfy You.

My Father And I Had A Good Relationship, It Was Very Relaxed. He Had A Lot Of Humour. He Looked A Little Bit Like Me, Although He Had No Beard. He Had The Appearance Of A Very Elegant British-looking Man.

For Me, It's Always Difficult When A Historical Film Claims To Depict Or Represent A Reality That None Of Us Can Know, That Is Always Different. It's Always The Case. We Never Know What Happened Then.

In General, In All My Films, I Choose To Create A Certain Mistrust, Rather Than Claiming That What I'm Showing Onscreen Is An Accurate Reproduction Of Reality. I Want People To Question What They Are Seeing Onscreen. In The Same Way As I Used The Narrator, I Also Used Black And White, Because It Creates A Distance Toward What's Being Seen. I See The Film As An Artifact Rather Than A Reliable Reconstruction Of A Reality That We Cannot Know.

And I Don't Believe That Children Are Innocent. In Fact, No One Seriously Believes That. Just Go To A Playground And Watch The Kids Playing In The Sandbox! The Romantic Notion Of The Sweet Child Is Simply The Parents Projecting Their Own Wishes.