I think it's easier today, even though it still can be impossible in some places. I think we're moving toward a more open-minded world, more tolerant. But still, it can be difficult.

Over the years Woodstock got glorified and romanticised and became the event that symbolised Utopia. It's the last page of our collective memory of the age of innocence. Then things turned ugly and would never be the same again.

There's a level of sophistication of filmmaking that's mind-boggling. Anything you need for your movie, there's an establishment that can make it happen really fast.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

A movie is really provocation. It's not a message, it's not a statement.

I feel like all of my characters now take this congested situation, they clash, and from there you purge yourself.