By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects.

I have tried to preserve in my relationship to the film the same closeness and intimacy that exists between a painter and his canvas.

Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it.

Unless it's done superbly, as in the Japanese film Gate of Hell, color can be a very distracting element.

As long as I can remember, I was drawing or trying to create something.

I believe that movies are fast becoming antique and dinosauric as a medium. Film is a medium for the over-40s and television has gone the same way. If you're going to look towards the new generation, then of course you're going to have to be a lot more random, spontaneous, irreverent and provocative with your programming.