Americans are hidden dragons to me..

A lot of people will think I changed the book: ‘so you’re the tiger instead, you’re the tiger who ate the cook.’ That’d be totally expository, like i….

You can get rich or famous by doing the same thing..

The woman's perspective is like the dark side of the moon: it always exists, but it is never exposed, at least not in my culture..

What is really a stretch to me is to make quick decisions..

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it hap….

You become the movie you are making..

My cultural roots are something illusive..

I basically made the movie from the crew's suggestions. For one scene, I wanted some kids' toys against the wall in Mikey's room, to give the scene t….

I am not particularly religious. But I think we do face the question of where God is, why we are created and where does life go, why we exist. That s….

Mostly it's like, I get inspired by something and I want to learn that part of filmmaking, I want to delve into that kind of depth. And leading, also….

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate them. You can discard them, but you can't really hate them..

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for a couple of months, doing the research, going through a painful process, ….

I'm not a romantic. In life I didn't have much experience with romance..

You have to know the rules, otherwise you have no tools to communicate to the audience, but to keep it fresh you have to break some. I don't choose g….

I try to be a partygoer. But at some point I don't know why I'm doing it and fall back. I've been using repression, the struggle between behaving as ….

The fear factor actually brings the genuineness..

Every movie I make. That’s my hideout, the place I don’t quite understand, but feel most at home..

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done..

I see a movie as a way of learning about the world, about myself, and learning about my relationship with people and art..

I think great romance needs great obstacles and textures..