“I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.”

“I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.”

“I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.”