Lenny Abrahamson

I'm a bit of a late developer, generally. But the good thing about being a filmmaker is you still count as young all the way through your 40s.

For me, I always think of the image of sweeping out my footprints as I walk through a scene.

The style of direction in 'Room,' maybe a little bit like 'Spotlight,' tries to be hidden.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I'm a big action junkie. I grew up on the '80s action movies - the bad ones and the good ones.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.