A Prototype Is Always More Expensive Than

Any Time Someone Doesn't Like One On The First Run, I Hope They Will Give It Another Shot. At Least We'll Get Another Chance. But I Do Feel, In My Approach, I Am Not Really A Minimalist. I Don't Like To Leave Out Ideas That I Think Could Add Something To The Story. Sometimes, You Can't Quite Pick Up On All Of It In One Sitting. It's Not By Design. But Maybe It's A Side Effect Of My Approach.

Any Romantic Feelings For A 12-year-old Are Like Entering Into A Fantasy World.

If Somebody Asks Me About The Themes Of Something I'm Working On, I Never Have Any Idea What The Themes Are. . . . Somebody Tells Me The Themes Later. I Sort Of Try To Avoid Developing Themes. I Want To Just Keep It A Little Bit More Abstract. But Then, What Ends Up Happening Is, They Say, 'well, I See A Lot Here That You Did Before, And It's Connected To This Other Movie You Did,' And . . . That Almost Seems Like Something I Don't Quite Choose. It Chooses Me.

Sometimes When You're Editing A Movie, You Have The Thing That You Don't Expect - Which Is You Make It Longer And Longer As You Go Along.

I've Never Had A Movie That Got Great Reviews. I've Had Movies That Got Different Levels Of Good And Bad Reviews, But You Can More Or Less Count On Plenty Of Bad Reviews.