What We're Doing For Another

I Like To Write For Actors I Know And With Whom I've Worked Before. You Can Write To Their Strengths And Weaknesses And Write Roles That Are Better Suited To Them.

The Dumber People Are, The More They Feel The Need For A Broad Set Of Shoulders They Can Lay Their Head Against.

Usually, When Making A Film, The Surprises Are Negative Surprises. You Don't Get What You Wanted Or What You Hoped For. The Only Nice Surprises Are Those That Are Offered To You By Actors When They Offer You These Gifts, When They Are Better And Give You More Than What You Had Originally Conceived. That Doesn't Happen Every Day On Set, But If It Happens A Couple Of Times In The Course Of Making A Film, You Can Consider Yourself Very Lucky.

When Making A Film, I'm Never Concerned About Whether The Theme Is New Or Whether It's Been Done Before In Cinema Or Not. I'm Led To Make Films If There's A Theme That Interests Me Or I Experience Something In My Own Life That Confronts Me With Something That I Want To Deal With.

Mainstream Cinema Raises Questions Only To Immediately Provide An Answer To Them, So They Can Send The Spectator Home Reassured. If We Actually Had Those Answers, Then Society Would Appear Very Different From What It Is.