Lenny Abrahamson : (3)

" I remember as a kid being asked if I was Jewish or Irish. I said, like the glib little 15-year-old I was, ‘You can be both.’ Feeling very pleased with myself. Before they smacked me. " - Lenny Abrahamson

" When we say ‘cinematic’, we tend to think John Ford and vistas and wide-open spaces. Or we think of kinetic camera movement or of a certain number of cinematic styles, like film noir. " - Lenny Abrahamson

" The style of direction in ‘Room,’ maybe a little bit like ‘Spotlight,’ tries to be hidden. " - Lenny Abrahamson