I was mostly interested in it as a theatrical film. Personally, I am not so interested in television, simply because I don't watch television myself. I'm into movies.

He considers the theatrical version of Fanny and Alexander an amputated version of what his original film was, and he doesn't really like the shorter film.

I wanted to make Jerusalem as feature film. But we couldn't finance it only through theatrical release, we couldn't get all the money we needed. We had to get some money from television. So we said, ok, let's do it both ways. So we did it in four parts.

I, myself, I am not interested in reality television; just me, myself, speaking.

I hate watching myself on film because I am so judgmental.

I'm cautious about using fire. It can become theatrical. I am interested in the heat, not the flames.