I don't read reviews..

I grew up with a lot of Hollywood films. Cozy farm houses, cowboys, nice flats in New York. Especially as a kid, those things have a huge impression ….

Dramatically, I like darkness, I like conflict - but I don't see the world as defined by them..

I do believe some people can naturally act and don't know it..

As long as you keep your budgets small, there's a way of making films..

A lot of people have something to say about 'Wuthering Heights,' but nobody quite nails it..

I don't want to think too much about me..

I always think that if you look at anyone in detail, you will have empathy for them because you recognize them as a human being, no matter what they'….

I just like doing things from my own head..

I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know..

I hear filmmakers saying, 'I wanted to make to make a film about this issue, or this theme,' but I never start like that..

I wonder whether my bleak-o-meter is set differently from other people's. I have such passion for what I do that I can't see it as bleak. When people….

I personally love to see films not knowing very much about them. When you see it, it's like a flower opening up. I deliberately never read about film….

I never write with an actor in mind - never..

I was never that comfortable in front of the camera, it always terrified me..

I find it kind of weird that directors want to put themselves in their films..

I am obsessed with why people turn out the way they are..

When I was in New York I heard many people saying that the independent film industry was in big trouble. I was reflecting on this when I came home. R….

I work best when there is adversity: I seem to get calmer the more the fur is flying..

Whenever I get fed up with life I love to go wandering in nature..

When your characters are really living they tell you what they do..