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My distinguishing talent is the ability to put people under the microscope, perhaps to go one or two layers farther down than some other directors.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I think people remember pictures not dialogue. That's why I like pictures.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

Don't make jokes about food.

I rather like mysteries. But I do dislike muddles.

Good films can be made only by a crew of Dedicated Maniacs.

When you're in the desert, you look into infinity ... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

Film is a dramatised reality and it is the director's job to make it appear real ... an audience should not be conscious of technique.