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 was 6, I saw a commercial that Jessica Simpson was in, and that was the first time I felt my little heart flutter.

My first career ambitions involved turning into a boy; I intended to be either a railway guard or a knight errant.

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.