If It Was A Choice Between Making

You Have To Know The Rules, Otherwise You Have No Tools To Communicate To The Audience, But To Keep It Fresh You Have To Break Some. I Don't Choose Genres As The Element, But The Material Itself Is The Element, Then I'll Decide What Genre I Need. That's Just How I Work.

I Think The American West Really Attracts Me Because It's Romantic. The Desert, The Empty Space, The Drama.

I Think A Lot Of People Do Big Movies Not Because They Are Talented Artists But Because They Can Function In The Circumstances.

For A Filmmaker, It's A Rare Chance To Do A Personal Film On A Big Canvas.

Making Movies Is A Way Of Understanding Myself And The World.