I Hadn't Made That Movie Before And

The Whole Trick Is To Make It Feel Like You're Spying On Real People's Lives As They Get Through The Day. When I'm Writing, I Have To Trick Myself As A Writer. If I Consciously Say, 'i'm Writing,' I Feel All This Pressure And Somehow It Doesn't Feel As Real As When It Doesn't Seem To Count As Much.

When I Write An Email Where I Outlined A Whole Scene, It Just Came Out Of My Unconscious, It Comes From A Deeper Place. The Same Thing Happens When The Actors Go, Take After Take, And Just Get Lost In It. When You're In A House, You Don't Think About Being In The House; You're Just There.

I Was Frustrated Because I Couldn't Get Going, As I Was Trying To Figure Out How To Make Films. I Had Various Jobs, I Taught A Sat Class, I Was A Bartender, I Had A Day Job At An Office And Was Making Short Films.

I Think Any Spiritual Experience That's Worthwhile Is Not About Ego And It Will Humble You In Some Way. And Also, A Zen Monk Once Said To Me, 'if You're Not Laughing, Then You're Not Getting It.'

The Endings For All My Characters Seem Sufficiently Human And Messy For Me To Feel Comfortable With Them. In Some Ways They Have Only Moved An Inch, But Sometimes An Inch Is A Great Distance.