I want every scene to feel electric and I try to finish the filming period with a clear trajectory: a beginning, a middle, and hopefully an end.I hat….

I know that sounds contradictory - you're going on a journey, but once you know who your characters are, you become more disciplined and you film les….

Those are the films I want to make. I don't want to make a film about, "Oh, those poor prostitutes!" Or "Oh, isn't it terrible in Chicago!" I want to….

I try to make films where the audience forgets the filmmaking and gets engrossed in the story as it unfolds. I don't want them to ever feel bored, or….

It's always scary making a film as I never set anything up or ask anyone to do anything, so I worry that we'll find a story. I have to trust that a f….

I don't want the people I'm with on this journey to feel like I'm filming them all the time. I don't want them to constantly feel as though they're b….

I watch mainly fiction. The films I like watching are films where you see people change, like with Boyhood. You see a moment in someone's life where ….

I don't make 'issue' films. I like making films about rebels or pioneers or people that are doing something..

The magic of documentary is that I keep being surprised and amazed by the things I film..

There's no point in making something if you're not falling in love with the people you're filming and you want them to really enjoy you being around.….

I remember very clearly when I found my first soulmate, it was actually in my late 20s, that wonderful feeling of being accepted by people..

I don't have any advice at all. I think we all make the films that reflect the kind of people we are; we all make such different films. There's not j….

I meet all these American filmmakers that film for months and months, and it's a mystery to me. I couldn't make a film like that. I have to be very c….

I'm not generalizing anymore about men and women, because I think these old terms of "masculine" and "feminine" are going very fast with the rise of ….

People want black and white answers, but it's not one thing or another. I think the only way we're going to make good things is to inspire people and….

It makes it very easy. I have a beginning, middle, and end, and I don't film for long - about 20 hours usually for a two-hour film - so it's easily w….

The biggest misconception about me is perhaps that I film all the time and film everything randomly. The truth is I film very little and always when ….

Personally, I don't like watching films about victims - people where you're meant to think, 'Oh, this is terrible,' and you go home feeling really de….