Julia Leigh

There is a difference between a voyeur and a tender witness. Maybe I think the audience is more of a tender witness than a voyeur, which has a shady undertone.

To me, the question of inspiration is an exercise in hindsight. The truth is, inspiration is mysterious at the time. I don't think it's ever a rational process.

I'm trying to get under people's skin in a way. I don't like films that go in one ear and out the other.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

My background is in filmmaking, and my mentor is Dusan Makavejev, who combined fiction and documentary.

I think the best work flows out of a collaborative environment.