Asif Kapadia

I'm an ordinary Hackney boy, and I can talk to people. ”

A big part of my filmmaking is that I can go somewhere new and, visually, be excited by it. ”

It's always great to be able to go to a premiere with the actors there. ”

As much as I love creating entertaining visuals, I love toying with the pace of a movie and trying to perfect that. It's imperative to the impact: faster cuts, cuts at the right moments that meld with the tenor of a scene. Creating and maintaining that feeling. ”

I love telling stories with images. But I think there's more to just saying a movie is great visually. ”

To be teammates in Formula One actually means you are first rivals, not really mates. ”

For me, 'Amy' is a very dark film about love. ”

I never realised 'The Return' would take so long to make - it was a very tough 'political experience,' and the post production in L.A. seemed to go on forever. ”

My team and I used the actual footage to create a three-act story of the life of Ayrton Senna. There are no talking heads and no voiceover. Senna narrates his own epic, dramatic, thrilling journey. ”

Real life is far more complicated than fiction. ”