A lecturer once told me I could never be a director. I was 16. I believed him.
Being a director is almost like being another sort of character, but you're out of view.
I have to believe there's redemption in the darkest of circumstances; otherwise it's too bleak for me.
I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
I watched 'Rocky' and 'Raging Bull' and 'Taxi Driver' over and over again. They spoke to you, man.
My fascination is not for cinema; it's for human nature and human beings because I find it quite difficult being one at times.
People can very quickly have a very poor self-image. It doesn't take much.
You walk past people in streets, or they serve you in shops, and you know nothing about the horrors they may be living with.
