The films that I do tend to polarise people's views.

I always argued against the auteur theory; films are a collaborative art form. I've had some fantastically good people help me make the movies.

I'm a pluralist. I've always argued that as many different films as possible should be made.

Hollywood views regular people as children, and they think they're the smart ones who need to tell the idiots out there how to be.

Most directors have little lists in their heads of people they really want to work with.

Minority views expressed in films simply don't sell tickets.