You can understand why good publicists go on to run distribution companies: because the creativity involved is complex and nuanced.

All of my films have been autobiographical - it's all I've got to go on.

'How to Survive a Plague' is history-telling at its best. It's a film I'll show my two children, now toddlers, when they are old enough to understand. It's a movie that I cannot forget.

You can be aware of the passing of time without being nostalgic.

You can only begin to share life well when you think well of yourself.

Secrets make for good drama, and revealing the hidden truths and contradictions of life is, for me, one of the most exciting aspects of making movies.