Are We Just Pretending To Be Unhappy

You See A Lot Of These Movies That Are Really Just 90-minute Video Games. The Effects Are Incredible. I Get It: There's An Art To That, Terrific. I'm Not Interested In It, But There's An Art To That I Suppose.

I Learned A Long Time Ago That The Show You're Going To See Isn't The One You Have In Your Head. As Soon As You Understand That, You're Going To Enjoy It A Lot More.

There Is No Best Anything In Art. Phillip [hoffman] Isn't Better Than Heath [ledger]; Joaquin [phoenix] Isn't Better Than David [strathairn] Or Terence [howard]. They Aren't Better Than Me. We All Do Different Things. It's More Of A Celebration Of A Lot Of Great Work Than To Give The Gold To Somebody. The Underappreciated Factor Certainly Has Gone Away.

The Indie World Changed When The Economy Went South. I Was Frustrated With Doing Something, Then Waiting For It To Come Out, And Sometimes It Never Did, Or Would Just Play In New York For 50 People. So I Really Wanted To Try Something Else.

Working With Jim Carrey Is An Absolute Gas. I Have Never Laughed So Hard For So Long. Had He Been On-board For The Sequel Of Dumb & Dumber, I Would've Jumped On, With No Hesitation.