I Don't Make Films That Are Easy

My God Is Narrative Filmmaking.

I've Been Joking That If Madonna Taught Us Anything, You've Got To Reinvent Yourself. I Think It's Important As A Filmmaker, As Any Person Working In The Arts, That You've Got To Try New Stuff And Challenge Yourself And Take Chances. I've Tried To Take A Chance With Every Film I've Done - I've Never Done It The Easy Way, And I Think That's Because That's What Excites Me, Is Making As Big A Mountain As I Can In Front Of Me, And Just Trying To Mount It.

The Only Way I Know As A Director Is To Figure Out What The Film Is About. And Out Of The Theme And The Sense Of What The Film Is About, All Those Decisions Start To Make Sense. But To Find That Truth Within It, You Have To Limit Your Possibilities And Limit Your Choices. That's Where This Visual Language Grows Out Of.

I Don't Think I Make Genre Films. I Think Studios Try To Sell Films As Genres Because They Know How To Do That. There's Nothing Wrong With That. I Don't Know What I Make. It's Sort Of A Pot Roast, All My Films.

I Hope That Requiem Is Better Than Pi. I Hope That Pi Is Better Than My Student Films, And I'm Hoping That I'm Getting Better As I Get Older.