On The Set I Make Jokes I

I Love Actors, Both My Parents Were Actors, And The Work With Actors Is The Most Enjoyable Part Of Making A Film. It's Important That They Feel Protected And Are Confident They Won't Be Betrayed. When You Create That Atmosphere Of Trust, It's In The Bag - The Actors Will Do Everything To Satisfy You.

Mainstream Cinema Raises Questions Only To Immediately Provide An Answer To Them, So They Can Send The Spectator Home Reassured. If We Actually Had Those Answers, Then Society Would Appear Very Different From What It Is.

The Trouble Is That When You Read Criticisms About The Other Films That I've Made You Get The Impression That They're All About Themes, Or Problems, Or Ideas. But Those Are Actually Things That Develop Out Of Characters, Out Of Images And Out Of Other Things. These More Abstract Things Develop While Working On The Material, And Out Of It. It's Not A Theoretical Exercise From The Outset.

I Give The Spectator The Possibility Of Participating. The Audience Completes The Film By Thinking About It; Those Who Watch Must Not Be Just Consumers Ingesting Spoon-fed Images.

Pornography, It Seems To Me, Is No Different From War Films Or Propaganda Films In That It Tries To Make The Visceral, Horrific, Or Transgressive Elements Of Life Consumable.