You Can’t Take Everything On. That’s Why

Awards Movies Are Normally Sort Of... Life-affirming And Noble. It's Probably Too Much Of An Intellectual Conceit And, You Know, People Don't Like It When You Don't Lead The Bad Guy Off In Cuffs.

It's A Very American Thing To Hide Away From Death.

Take Ownership Of Every Decision You Make Because You Will Be Hold Responsible For The Film, Whether Good Or Bad.

You Can’t Take Everything On. That’s Why When People Ask How Does This Film Fit Into My Oeuvre. I Say 'i Don’t Know. I Don’t Think In Those Terms’. If I Did, I Might Become Incapacitated By Fear . . . How Do You Eat A Whale? One Bite At A Time. How Do You Shoot A 150-day Movie? You Shoot It One Day At A Time.

Our Pavlovian Response To Movies Has Gotten To Its Lowest Point Ever. You Look At A Lot Of Movies That Are Successful And A Lot Of Movies That Studios Hold Up As Examples And You Go, 'my God, That Isn't Even A Story. It Isn't Even Two Acts. It's Eight Set Pieces Drawn Out With Slow Motion.' The Difficulty For Me Was That You Had To Hope That People Were Interested In This Kind Of A Story.