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.

It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

I don't like to get in front of people.

I do think my old fella wasn't much of a... I don't remember him ever being a 'dad' dad. He was too busy working. It was a hard life, man.