We Only Have Two Hours

I Have The Confidence That I Can Take Anybody And Have Them Give A Good Performance, Because I Don't Think There's Anything To Acting Except Expressing, Being Able To Converse. So If I Can Just Convince Somebody Not To Clean Themselves Up, And Not To Be Someone That They're Not, And Just Be What They Are In Given Circumstances, That's All That Acting Is To Me, And I Don't Think It's Very Difficult.

Most People Don't Know What They Want Or Feel. And For Everyone, Myself Included, It's Very Difficult To Say What You Mean When What You Mean Is Painful. The Most Difficult Thing In The World Is To Reveal Yourself, To Express What You Have To... As An Artist, I Feel That We Must Try Many Things - But Above All, We Must Dare To Fail. You Must Have The Courage To Be Bad - To Be Willing To Risk Everything To Really Express It All.

My Films Are Expressive Of A Culture That Has Had The Possibility Of Attaining Material Fulfillment While At The Same Time Finding Itself Unable To Accomplish The Simple Business Of Conducting Human Lives. We Have Been Sold A Bill Of Goods As A Substitute For Life. What Is Needed Is Reassurance In Human Emotions; A Re-evaluation Of Our Emotional Capacities.

During The Actual Filming, I’m Not Really Listening To Dialogue. I’m Watching To See If The Actors Are Communicating Something And Expressing Something. I’m Just Watching A Conversation. You’re Not Aware Of Exactly What People Are Saying. You Are Aware Of What They Are Intending And What Kind Of Feeling Is Going On In That Scene.

Filmmaking Is Exploring. Why Would I Want To Make A Film About Something I Already Understand?