I Consider All My Films Experiments.

I Like To Write For Actors I Know And With Whom I've Worked Before. You Can Write To Their Strengths And Weaknesses And Write Roles That Are Better Suited To Them.

In My Film "benny's Video," I Depicted Violence But I Failed To Say All That I Had To Say, So I Wanted To Continue The Dialog And That's Why I Did "funny Games." The Irony Is That After I Shot "funny Games," But It Hadn't Been Released At All Anywhere.

Usually, When Making A Film, The Surprises Are Negative Surprises. You Don't Get What You Wanted Or What You Hoped For. The Only Nice Surprises Are Those That Are Offered To You By Actors When They Offer You These Gifts, When They Are Better And Give You More Than What You Had Originally Conceived. That Doesn't Happen Every Day On Set, But If It Happens A Couple Of Times In The Course Of Making A Film, You Can Consider Yourself Very Lucky.

I Never Use Soundtrack; It Is Always Part Of The Story.

You Cannot Hurt Animals, So What Do I Do? I Kill The Dog First. Then I Do It With The Boy. You're Not Supposed To Break The Illusion Of This Being A Film, So I Make The Actor Talk To The Audience. Provocation Is The Principle Of The Whole Film [ Funny Games]. It Is Very Ironic.