When I was in film school, it was said that all good films were characterised by some form of humour.

I had to fight so much for the film. It was not very pleasant, but it's rewarding in another way. But it has not been pleasant.

I also wanted t do a film with a religious motif, a film about miracles. At the same time, I wanted to do a completely naturalistic film.

I prefer to work with unassailable ideas. And I wanted to do a film about goodness.

I had an almost fetishistic attraction to film technology.

When people ask me if I went to film school I tell them, 'no, I went to films.'