The Ability To Take Pleasure

You Try To Make Them Comfortable So They Can Do What They're Best At, And Make Them Shine. You Always Want To Make An Actor Shine. I'm Of The Mind That There's No One - You, Your Mother, Anyone, That If In The Right Place At The Right Time In The Right Context, Couldn't Shine In A Movie. And So If It Means, "oh, I Have To Make Them Uncomfortable," Then Whatever It Takes To Get What I Need Up Onscreen. It's All In The Service Of The Story.

I Admit There’s An Element Of Brutality In All My Work - It’s Part Of The Truth About Human Existence I Always Want To Explore - But The Last Thing I’m Trying To Do Is Put On Some Kind Of Freak Show, Inviting People To Get Off On Other People’s Pain And Humiliation.

When I Want To Show The Kind Of Meanness People Are Capable Of, To Make It Believable I Find I Have To Tone It Down. It's In Real Life That People Are Over The Top.

Optimism Is Not Inherently A Superior Way Of Viewing The World. Certainly Doctors Will Say It Might Be Better For One's Physical Health To Be An Optimist. But, Morally Speaking It May Not Be Appropriate In Certain Circumstances.

As Mark Weiner Puts It, Whether You Gain 50 Pounds Or Lose 50 Pounds, Whether You Have A Sex Change Operation For That Matter, That It Doesn't Matter, That There Is Some Part Of Ourselves That We Cannot Escape.