I Thought That Choosing A Non-professional Was

It's True That The Best Way Of Knowing Yourself Is To Put Yourself Into Different Situations.

My Car Is My Best Friend. My Office. My Home. My Location. I Have A Very Intimate Sense When I Am In A Car With Someone Next To Me. We're In The Most Comfortable Seats Because We're Not Facing Each Other, But Sitting Side By Side.

Everybody Knows That I Am Not Usually Patient Enough To Actually Sit Down And Watch One Of My Own Films From The Beginning To The End - I Never Do.

When We Start Shooting I Don't Have Rehearsals With Characters At All. So, Rather Than Pulling Them Towards Myself, I Travel Closer To Them; It's Very Much Closer To The Real Person Than Anything I Try To Create. So I Give Them Something But I Also Take From Them.

I Wasn't Searching For A Common Denominator - I Started Wondering About The Challenge Of Working In Other Cultures. What I Reached Was The Sudden Acknowledgment Of The Universal Aspect Of Filmmaking.