The Competition Is Not Really Friendly Or

I Don't Want To Compare Myself To Him - I Don't Want People To See Me As This Great Genius - But When I See Charlie Chaplin's Movies There Is A Combination Of Drama, Naivety And Social Meaning That I Can See In Myself, At A Different Level.

I Shoot People In A Way That Makes The Audience Feel Equal To Them. And It's Hard To Express And It's Hard To Execute But I Think It Works On Every Level - The Choice Of The Material The Choice Of The Actor, My Relationship With The Actor, And So On.

I Don't Like The Idea Of Competition - Maybe Because I Kept Losing Them When I Was A Kid. Maybe It's Better To Be The One Who Loses?

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 Like Actors Who Just Are Who They Are, With A Little Bit Of Qualification To Adapt To Their Character. But Mostly They Just Use Their Own Personality To Embody The Character.