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You Should Always Make It Like It's Your Last Film. That's My Personal Belief. Every Filmmaker Is Going To Have Another Belief... That's The Only Way I Know To Try To Make A Film That Might Be Good. You Got To Take It Real Seriously Like It's Your Last Thing.

I Hadn't Made That Movie Before And When I Ever Met The Real Joy Mangano, Which Happened Because De Niro Insisted We Meet Her And Her Father, That's What She Felt Like To Us. She Impressed Us With Her Quiet, Serene Authority With Herself.

I'm Always Looking For A Way To Surprise Audiences. That's, I Feel, My Job As A Director. I Felt That Amy Adams Playing A Tough Woman In 'the Fighter' Was A Surprise. People Saw Her As A Princess.

David O. Russell's Best Films Are Thrilling High Wire Acts That Run The Moment To Moment Risk Of Tumbling To The Ground. In His Latest, "joy," Russell Has More Trouble Than Usual Keeping His Balance On The Wire.

What Do We Have In Life, Really? If We're Lucky We Get To A Certain Age, And We Have Each Other. We Have The Food We Like. We Have Our Crazy Little Rituals. And We Have Each Other.