I'd Come Into Filmmaking As

Free Time Keeps Me Going. It's Just Something That's Always Been A Part Of My Life. I Was Originally A Painter, And I Made Films Sort Of As An Extension Of That, And Then I Started To Try To Make Dramatic Films Because The Early Films Were Experimental Films.

Well, I Want To Do Everything In Sort Of A Documentary Style, Ever Since I Started In The '80s.

I Try To Get To Know The Actors As Much As I Can. I Feel Like I'm Friends With Them For Starters And For A Week Or Two, We Rehearse When They're Getting The Costumes Together.

I'm Normally Drawn To Something I Haven't Done And Seen Before.

Once You're Directing, You're Kind Of In A Certain Mode, Where You're Taking Whatever Is On The Page And Forming It Into The Film That You Think It Might Want To Be. So Whether It's My Writing Or Not, I Still Try To Work With It In The Same Way.