Learning to make films is very easy. Learning what to make films about is very hard.

Even in high school I was very interested in history - why people do the things they do. As a kid I spent a lot of time trying to relate the past to the present.

Whatever has happened in my quest for innovation has been part of my quest for immaculate reality.

Film is not an easy occupation. There's a lot of occupations that are difficult and film is one of them.

Manchester is a sensational venue for football but an awful place to live... the winter, the cold and the dark nights. It's very hard for a young Brazilian.

I had to make a decision: am I going to go for the football or make another choice. When you play in the Dutch second division, it's not like you can live off that for your whole life.

Modern football is increasingly dominated by the coaches - their narcissism to put themselves above the team and their players.

My early memories are full of football talk around the house, of Dad standing on the terraces at Ayresome Park, of the occasional precious new pair of boots.