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• ‟ Provocative... I used to be defensive about it, but in the end, I realised it's exactly right. It's what we're trying to do - to provoke thought and discussion and, you know, shake people up to start thinking about things in a different way. I'm interested in messing with what they think is the norm.

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• ‟ Most acting is very melodramatic. It's not what you see in people.

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• ‟ The most important thing is to allow gaps and openings for people to make up their own minds - I don't want my film to be pretending to have one important truth to tell anyone.

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• ‟ When people don't understand what they're watching, a lot of what they perceive has to do with who they themselves are.

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• ‟ Having rules means that sometimes people break them, and that means punishment.

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• ‟ For some reason, I guess, people wanted me to prove myself in English-language films.

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• ‟ I always expect people to be torn when they see one of my films and divided in some way.

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• ‟ Sometimes people say things and don't really know what they mean by what they're saying. Subconsciously, it might mean something different.

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• ‟ I haven't been a director-for-hire for any project. I work with people who appreciate that, understand that, and want to work that way.

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• ‟ I find it very interesting to keep people uncertain about what is what and figure it out as they go.

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• ‟ People influence each other, so one screening will be filled with laughs while another is dead silent.

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