You’ve got to trust your instincts, your judgment and trust the storytelling that came before and the quality of the acting with the emotion.

I couldn’t stand still at a desk for another year. I wanted to go out there and make films.

I look back, and I’ve got a couple of films, and I’m happy.

I’m always aiming for some magic in films if I can find a mystical quality either in a song or in a moment or a character’s intention.

I’m from the ‘less is more’ school. I had to be in the ‘more is more’ zone with ‘Dallas Buyers Club’, so I was out of my comfort zone, but I had to trust that.

Just film what’s there, trust what came before, one hour before, and make it easy.

As a director, try to be humble and not to overdo it, not overcoverage and over-covering the scene.

There’s a way of filming where you can get rid of the vanity and of trying to make something beautiful.

Trust the acting.

In a career, when you hit 40 and you’ve done a lot of this and that, you want to try some new things. I feel like that as a director, too, from one film to...

When I do a mix tape for my kids, for my friends, for my lover, I meticulously choose the tracks, and it’s beautiful. And when they are alone they think of me – and when...

I love those films where I feel the director’s confidence – where he doesn’t need to overdo it with the shots and the cuts.

I respect the British a lot – their history, their past, their culture. I think it’s beautiful, what they have with the monarchy.

When I see great film, I have this feeling of ‘Oh, wow! Wasn’t that great? Wasn’t that good?’ I want to do something. I want to scream and go out there and participate and embrace...