I Don't Want The Director

Both Sex And Death Are Eternal Themes. You Could Make Thousands Of Movies On This Theme, And Whether You Have A Human Being Who Is Painting, Singing, Making A Film, Writing, These Are The Themes That You Will Come Back To And Return To. If You Don't Have Any Of These Artistic Expressions, Sex Is One Of The Only Gifts That Nature Gave You For Free, So It Is Very Important To Celebrate It. And Then, With Death, We Are Condemned To That. This Is Absolutely Present In Our Lives.

All My Movies Have An Autobiographical Dimension, But That Is Indirectly, Through The Characters. In Fact I Am Behind Everything That Happens And That Is Said, But I Am Never Talking About Myself In First Person. Something In Me - Probably A Dislike Of Cheap Exhibitionism- Stops Me From Approaching A Project Too Autobiographically.

Once We Actually Have The Production Script After Many Rewrites, At That Point Is When I Start To Decide What The Look And Colors Will Be. I Work Like A Painter, Even Though I'm Working In Three Dimensions. I'm Working With Chairs. I'm Working With Walls. But Even Things Like The Floor Or The Walls That People Might Think Are Not Important, They Actually Do Influence The Visual Look Of The Film. These Are Also Things That I Have To Think About.

I'm A Very Dull Passenger. I Don't Speak. I Don't Have Sex. No Alcohol. I Don't Do Drugs. The Thing That I Like About Flying Is That I Feel Like I Can Really Concentrate. I Used To Write Many Things, And Many Ideas For My Movies Belong To This Moment Where I'm Not Anywhere Specifically In Terms Of Time And Space And Geography. I Am Suspended, And This Suspension Fits Me Very Well.

Whenever I Arrive On A Real Location, I Have To Move Around And Work Out What The Best Angles Are Going To Be.