You could say that when you introduce humour to your work, you also step back a little from it. You create a distance.

Only a fool does not fear actors, but you can't beat them, and if you can't beat them, join them, as they say. As I've got older I've become very interested in that part of the work.

If you want to provoke, you should provoke someone who is stronger than you, otherwise you are misusing your power.

I would say that I am a poor Christian; I'm not a believer. It was this idea very early in my life that life on Earth, nature or man could not be a creation of a merciful God.

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

I am not very tough with raising my children, but you can argue that to be more tough will help your children.