My Work Requires Acting At Its Most

In The First Place, I'm Pretty Thorough About Whom I Choose. I Instinctively Look For The Kind Of Actor Who Is Going To Be Trusting. There Are All Kinds Of Insecure People Out There Called Actors.

I'm Developing The Stuff All The Time. There's A Film In My Head. I'm Imagining A Film.

I Did Sit In Cinemas As A Kid Looking At English And American Movies Thinking, "wouldn't It Be Great If The Characters Were Like Real People?" And The Worst Thing Is Films Are Constantly Advertising Themselves, Drawing Attention To Their Style Of Things. But Actually I Make Films That I Think Are Extremely Sophisticated And Cinematic. But You Don't Want The Audience Thinking About The Bloody Film. You Want Them To Think About What's Going On, And Believe In It. Be Flies On The Wall, You Know?

I Do Not Make Films Which Are Prescriptive, And I Do Not Make Films That Are Conclusive. You Do Not Walk Out Of My Films With A Clear Feeling About What Is Right And Wrong. They're Ambivalent. You Walk Away With Work To Do. My Films Are A Sort Of Investigation. They Ask Questions . . .. Sometimes I Hear That Some [hollywood] Studio Is Interested In Me. Then They Discover That This Is The Guy Who Works With No Script, That There Is No Casting Discussion, No Interference, That I Have The Final Cut, And That Does It.

One Of The Reasons The Whole Hollywood Way Of Making Films Wouldn't Work For Me Is Because The Way I Operate Would Be Anathema To Anyone Who Wants To Hold A Job Down In Beverly Hills.