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 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….

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 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 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….

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….

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….

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 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'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 ….

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….

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.….

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….

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….

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..