I don't think of it as a competition - which might surprise you, given the way movies are reported constantly.

I wanted to keep exploring... I'm not about to choose a series of movies in which I can use the same bag of tricks and style that I used in the first film.

I don't think Hollywood was trying to do anything with me. In fact, they lost interest pretty quick. I think I got lucky, briefly, in the '90s, and it just so happened that those movies were the opportunities that came my way. Then it just kind of stopped.

The movies that influenced me were movies that told their stories through pictures more than words.

Books and movies are different art forms with different rules. And because of that, they never translate exactly.