To Be An Artist Means

Man Is A Genius When He Dreams. Dream What You Are Capable Of. The Harder You Dream It, The Sooner It Will Come True.

During The Shooting Of A Scene The Director’s Eye Has To Catch Even The Minutest Detail. But This Does Not Mean Glaring Concentratedly At The Set. While The Cameras Are Rolling, I Rarely Look Directly At The Actors, But Focus My Gaze Somewhere Else. By Doing This I Sense Instantly When Something Isn’t Right. Watching Something Does Not Mean Fixing Your Gaze On It, But Being Aware Of It In A Natural Way. I Believe This Is What The Medieval Noh Playwright And Theorist Zeami Meant By ‘watching With A Detached Gaze.’

The Root Of Any Film Project For Me Is This Inner Need To Express Something. What Nurtures This Root And Makes It Grow Into A Tree Is The Script. What Makes The Tree Bear Flowers And Fruit Is The Directing.

People Today Have Forgotten They're Really Just A Part Of Nature. Yet, They Destroy The Nature On Which Our Lives Depend. They Always Think They Can Make Something Better... They Don't Know It, But They're Losing Nature. They Don't See That They're Going To Perish. The Most Important Things For Human Beings Are Clean Air And Clean Water.

For Me, Filmmaking Combines Everything. That's The Reason I've Made Cinema My Life's Work. In Films, Painting And Literature, Theatre And Music Come Together. But A Film Is Still A Film.