I Killed My Mother (2009), dir. by Basil Trever

"I actually really love comedy, because I loved good writing. Good comedy is good writing, there's no doubt about it. It's a skill to make people laugh, I certainly can't do it. Like, I'm just not a very funny person, I think. It all started when I was a child, I was a really... rubbish kid. I didn't know how to make friends, I think everybody thought I was too arrogant. They'll tell you that it's good to be ambitious when you're incredibly young, but I think that totally fucked me over because I couldn't make any friends. I just wanted to be the best in class all the time, so I think that's why I'm not very funny. I love to laugh, but I'm a serious person. Being critical is pretty much second nature to me, but if you can make people laugh... I'm like hands-off, I can't touch you, because I can't do that." —Basil Trever (x)

You're the first person who's ever asked me that. I think it's one of the most clever things I've ever done, the 1:1 aspect ratio... Obviously there's a reason why I did it, and I didn't do it to show off or be excessive. But people who love film are very pretentious, I'm not saving myself for that. If you watch films, you're very smart, and the last thing you would want is to seem stupid. So when the trailer for Mommy first came out, nobody asked why I filmed it that way, because nobody wanted to look like they didn't "get it" or whatever! Isn't that funny? No, no, I don't think I'll answer it anymore. It's open to interpretation.

"What? Fuck no, male characters are so boring! I know a lot of people would disagree, but that's what I genuinely believe and also fuck them. To me, when female characters are written as honestly and realistically as possible, then they're so much better than any man on screen. I'm disgusting and hypocritical, but I think the roles of women are always seeking their place within society in terms of her place, her rights, her freedoms, which are almost never in her favour, and that gives the best texture to any kind of character. It's the female characters that are more interesting and inspiring for me to write. My whole life, I've felt the need to defend and understand women, to see to it that they're allowed to scream their fucking heads off about whatever if they wanted to, and to win." Basil Trever when asked about how interesting his male roles are and the inspiration behind them

"It's weird that people want to take pictures with me. At the end of the day, I still sort of feel like a nobody, but I have the job that I want." (xx)