I Think You Get In Trouble If

All I've Learned Is That You Need The Studio System Sometimes, If Your Budget Is A Certain Size, And Other Films You Can Do Independently. When I Think Of A Studio, I Generally Think Of Distribution. Since I'm A Director, I Have A Similar Creative Experience On Every Film I Do, Because I Can Control That. But Then It's A Different Film, I Think, As It Reaches The Public, Depending On The Way It's Marketed. I Don't Know. I Haven't Learned Much Of Anything. Sometimes You Need Them, Sometimes You Don't. Sometimes They Want You, Most Of The Time They Don't.

Filmmakers Are Going To Make Films, Just Like Painters Are Going To Paint.

It's Luck That One Thing Works Out And One Doesn't, It's Sort Of Happenstance.

Editing Rooms Are Kind Of, By Definition, A Bubble Of You And The Editor And What You're Thinking. It's A Truth-telling Thing To Watch It Through Someone Else's Eyes, Is To Get Another Level Of Real With Your Material. Like, "maybe That's Not That Funny. Maybe That's Not As Interesting. Maybe That's Redundant To Something Else. Maybe We Can Cut Down." I Don't Know. It's A Brutal, Honest Process. You've Got To Be Pretty - You Can't Be Sentimental. You Have To Be. It's A Cold Process. You Can't Be Nostalgic. You Have To Make Those Tough Decisions.

The Big Nut To Crack Is To How To Tell A Story, What’s The Right Way To Tell A Particular Story.