I Always Have To Presume That Each

All I Mean Is, I'm Not The Kind Of Audience Comedy Directors Want At A Test Screening Because I Seldom Laugh, And If I Do, It's Not Very Loud. That Doesn't Mean I Don't Like The Movie.

When I Go To The Movies, I Do Like To See Things That Surprise Me, A Little Bit, In Ways That Seem Truthful To The World That We Live In.

Some People See Me As Dissecting My Characters In Some Kind Of Heartless, Coldblooded, Analytical Way, When In Truth Making These Movies Is A Passionate, Intensely Emotional Experience For Me. I'm Detached From The Characters Only To The Degree That I Have To Be In Order To Write Honestly About Them.

The Ability To Take Pleasure In One's Life Is A Skill And Is A Kind Of Intelligence. So Intelligence Is A Hard Thing To Evaluate And It Manifests Itself In So Many Different Ways. I Do Think The Ability To Know How To Live A Life And Not Be Miserable Is A Sign Of That.

That Is Definitely A Misunderstanding Between Me And A Part Of My Audience. To Be Honest, I Am Often Unsettled By The Responses Some People Have Had To My Movies, And That Includes Many People Who Like Them.