You should bear in mind that almost all my documentaries are feature films in disguise.

Many of my films have not been easy work,

Strangely enough, I've always believed that my stories were mainstream stories; the films are narrated in a way that you never have a boring moment.

I'm making films for an audience out there and a very tiny fraction of them are would-be filmmakers. But let's speak of them-the would-be filmmakers, the tiny fraction. I've witnessed many times when I've showed films and was present at a screening that exactly those people feel very much encouraged by what I'm doing.

You should look straight at a film; that's the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.

Film should be looked at straight on; it is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.