“The reduction of ideas, the reduction of things down to the minimal framework—it just seemed completely natural. By closing down possibilities, you very often open up possibilities. You have infinite possibilities of simplicity and subtlety within a frame.”

“Making films is all about – as soon as you’re finished – continually regretting what you’ve done. When we look at films we’ve made, all we can see are the flaws; we can’t even watch them in a normal way. I never feel like watching my own films again. So unless I start working on a new one, I’ll never be free from the curse of the last one.”