I Love Working With Actors. I Do.

Compromise Is Part And Parcel Of Making A Movie. It's A Question Of The Kinds Of Compromises That You Have To Make.

What Makes Me Angry Is The Idea That People Would Be Going To A Movie Because Of What I Said About It. It Makes Me Feel, I Don't Know, Arrogant, Self-important, Self-aggrandizing, Whatever. Like I'm Being Used.

Some People Will Of Course Accuse Me Of Misanthropy And Cynicism. I Can't Celebrate Humanity But I'm Not Out To Indict It Either. I Just Want To Expose Certain Truths.

For Me, New Jersey Is Kind Of A Mythical Place. It's Emblematic Of A Certain Aspect Of American Life. Florida Is The Same Way. It's Where People Go To Recreate, To Reinvent Themselves. It's What California Used To Be. I Think Florida Is Still A Place To Erase The Past.

Some Directors Hardly Talk To The Actors At All.