I Don't Thrive On Control. I'm Not

I'm Going To Work With Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, It's Hard To Fill Up The Gap. It's Hard To Find Somebody Who... A Lot Of Writers, I Can Clearly See The Desire Of Succeeding Before The Desire Of Expressing Themselves. Sometimes People Get Upset When You Want To Be Different. You Were Talking About "whimsical," Which Is A Nice Word. But Sometimes They Use The Word "quirky" In The Pejorative Sense. I Get Frustrated, Because They Feel Like I'm Doing Whatever I Want, And There Is No Ground, And I Don't Really Care. They Feel It's Cynical. But I Don't Think I Have Any Cynicism In Me.

I Was Sort Of Lazy At School, But I Realize I Still Have Something To Bring To The Subject Which Is Comforting. I Feel I Am Not As Stupid As I Thought I Was.

I Have A Video Store Next To My Apartment In Paris, And They Still Have Most Of Their Videos On Vhs. A Lot Of People Think Be Kind Rewind Is Set In The Past Because They Just Wipe This Reality Out Of Their Head, But It Is True That There Are A Lot Of Movies That Don't Exist On Dvd. But I'm Not Like A Big Movie Buff.

When I Shoot Actors, I Have That Dilemma. I Want The Actor To Be Good, And Sometimes I Have To Push Them To A Place That Isn't Pleasant. I Always Think: 'is It Worth Doing For The Sake Of The Movie?' But I Have To Remember The Bigger Picture.

In My Opinion, It's More Interesting To See Magic Happening In A World That Feels Grounded. If The World Is Already Crazy, Then Anything Can Happen. So It's Better To Start With Something Real.