I'm A Grinder. I'll Beat

To Me The Director’s Job Is To Leave It In Better Shape Than You Found It, Literally.

I'm Mystified By The Stuff That Doesn't Work. I'm Mystified By What's Going On In The Critical Side, Too. Stuff I Like Is Getting Trashed And Stuff That Is Being Praised I Think Is Terrible. I Don't Really Feel In Sync With What's Happening, But At The Same Time, What I Think Keeps Me Afloat Is That I Try Not To Be, And Don't Want To Be, Very Indulgent. I Try To Make The Films As Lean As Possible, And To Not Spend A Lot Of Time Crawling Up My Own Ass Creatively.

I Think There Are Only Two Times That I've Ever Ended Up Paying Somebody Their Quote. Like What They Actually Were Worth In The Marketplace.

Everything Had Been Done Long Before I Started Making Movies. I Mean, There's Nothing That Godard Hasn't Already Done. You Can't Do A Single Thing That Godard Hasn't Already Thought Of. And So You Struggle To Do Something That Is Not Predictable.

If You're Sitting Around Thinking What Other People Think About Your Work, You'll Just Become Paralysed.