Whatever your style or subject matter, in the end, film-making is about searching for authenticity - that is what the audience will divine.

In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

A woman is subject matter enough.

In the end, it's acting, it's not real. But every director will tell you that you have to create conditions that create tension, because tension is what makes drama feel real.

I like dark subject matter. I'm not sure what that means about me!

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.