Beautifully-acted And Precisely Observed, Ilo Ilo Is

I Like To Go Back To Chinese Film-making From Time To Time. I Don't Think I Can Make Chinese Films Back To Back; It's Such A Big Effort. I'd Have To Take A Very Long Break.

After Making Several Tragic Movies In A Row, I Was Looking To Do A Comedy, And One Without Cynicism.

So Anything That's Not Absolutely Needed, We Would Cut It [footage] Out, Which Would Make Me Very Insecure; Everything Has To Work, And It's A Water Movie In 3d With A Kid, Animals. So The More I Do That, The More I'm Scared Of "what If It Doesn't Go The Way We Want It?" But We Had To Do That To Meet The Budget, Otherwise We Wouldn't Even Have A Start-date.

I Have A Lot Of Repression. So Repression Is What I Make Movies About.

In My Culture, There's A Tradition That When You're In An Overwhelming Situation And You Don't Know What To Do, You Put Yourself In A Woman's Shoes.