For Me, Making Films Is

Every Time I Start A Film I Feel Like I'm Starting The First Time, Ever.

Whenever I Get Fed Up With Life I Love To Go Wandering In Nature.

I Grew Up In A Working-class Family, So I Guess You Could Say I Write From What I Know.

I've Always Loved America.

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 Use That Word, Or “grim” Or “gritty,” I Just Think, “oh, Come On, Look A Bit Deeper.” My Films Don't Give You An Easy Ride. I Can See That. The Sense I Get Is That People Have Quite A Physical Experience With Them. They Feel Afterwards That They've Really Been Through Something.