Each time I had an internship to do or an essay to write, I would always do it in the field of cinema. Nobody in my family worked in film and nobody could understand it.

I wanted to direct when I was very young. I had no idea of cinema, of who's doing what. That was my first instinct: "Okay, I want to be the boss."

When someone offers me a job or a project, I always ask myself, "What does it tell me about the world?" and "Have I seen it before?" Two good questions.

Things [only] exist once they are represented.

It's great to represent things that are not represented.

Editing is a very tough period. You're confronted with yourself. It's a deep, dark, truthful mirror.

Directing, you have to put yourself in a certain state, it's all about the energy you have and the energy you transmit to people, to the actors, to the crew. It's peculiar.

When you're a screenwriter, it's like being a mechanic. You open the hood of the story, the director is the driver, and he says, "What do you think? It's a little tough."

I think it's great to change - change country, change anything.

People who work in distribution will be distributors all their life.

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.

Others may argue about whether the world ends with a bang or a whimper. I just want to make sure mine doesn't end with a whine.

If you can get a spiritual connection without going to church, why go to church?.

It's funny, because when you work on a set, everyone is watching you. You are being observed by everyone.

This digital world is completely fascinating to me.

What do I like about math? , When I've got figures in front of me, it relaxes me. Kind of like, everything fits where it belongs.

The people who truly know me know what I'm like. There have been people who try to say things that aren't fair, and I check them. And then they don't like me because I checked them.

I do get cynical, but what can you do? It doesn't make any difference.

I wasn't born a superstar.

Practice meditation. Become a seeker. Walk the path of the seeker. You will get the best of everything the world has to offer.