In The Past I've Made Movies That

It's Just What I Am. When I Am In The Zone Making One Movie, I Just Didn't Want To Read Anything Else Or Do Anything Else, So I Don't Really Develop Projects.

When You Talk About God, The First Thing That Comes Along Is Not Love, It's Fear. You Have To Fear, And Be In Awe. You Have To Be Scared. Any Religion, It's Like First Thing.

Basically The Movies I Make Are My Life, So I Choose How I Want To Live My Life For The Next Two Years. So That's A Decision I Have To Make. At Some Point If I Feel There Are Enough Elements - It Doesn't Even Have To Have Great Characters Or Great Stories - It's Just Elements That Can Get My Excitement And Curiosity For One Or Two Years, Then I'll Jump In And I'll Find Out What That Is. Then I Have To Do [interviews Like This] And Rationalize Why I Do This.

I Think Doing Period Piece Is Easier, Because After A Certain Distance, Everybody Is Equal, I Think. The Relative Contemporary Is Harder. I Think That's The Way It Is.

I Guess In Hollywood You Chart Your Life By Oscars. You Say To Each Other, "remember When That Movie Won That Year? It Was 2006. Remember That?"