I always scout locations first. The apartments, the railway tracks, the café, the canal - I figure out the geography of the film.

Filmmaking is to me very similar to being in a café somewhere in Paris and looking at the people walking by.

I'm an anxious person. What I like best is to smoke cigarettes and listen to music. A perfect day for me is a day with coffee, cigarettes, and music, to quote Jim Jarmusch.

Freedom is not having a big budget.

I don't think I make genre movies. There is a certain type of violence in my films but I think I have my own genre because I made it happen like that.

Start with scout locations first.

My mother's father was from Brazil - a painter, and not a famous one - and was always broke. But he was a free spirit, a great grandfather.

'White Material' is about courage and craziness.

What is more precious: a thousand answers derived from one question? Or, one answer…from a thousand questions?

The most successful people in the world today are entrepreneurs

Surrealism, then, neither aims to subvert realism, as does the fantastic, nor does it try to transcend it. It looks for different means by which to explore reality itself.

The 'Instagram Generation' now experiences the present as an anticipated memory.

She was remorseless, but she lacked method.

I love seeing new places and meeting new people. I'm sort of addicted to traveling.

In the meantime, I would drink, rest, and ponder the meaning of this mob.

Take the ideas that speak to you. Use your imagination. Create something wonderful.

There is a clear message from science: To avoid dangerous interference with the climate system, we need to move away from business as usual.

Whatever you do, do not feel sorry for yourself - things could always be worse and they are for someone else!