I Think If You Want Good Things

One Of The Reasons People Sell Out So Quickly Is Because Even The Talented Think They're Frauds. It's A Culture That Doesn't Encourage People To Believe In The Work They Do. You're Told To Second-guess Yourself All The Time. That's Where I Think A Little Hostility And Arrogance Can Save You. And I've Never Been Lacking For Either.

If You Can't Count On Your Heart Having Some Kind Of Unified Response, You Can't Count On Anything. You Use Your Heart As A Barometer For Your Movie's Completeness.

You Try To Do Your Best At What You're Getting Paid For.

Well, It Was Interesting Because When I Was Going To Do It The First Time In My Head Was Leonardo Dicaprio [for Chris] And Marlon Brando Was Going To Play The Character That Hal Holbrook Eventually Played. But Then When It Wasn't To Be And There Was No Promise That It Ever Would Be I Think Some Part Of Me Didn't Want To Attach Specifics To It Anymore - Actors Or Anything Else - Because I Wanted To See It Made That Much More Badly.

On A Movie, It's Always Better To Stay Invisible As Much As You Can To Keep Things Calm. I Like To Whisper To My Cameraman, I Like To Whisper To My Actors, And Whoever Else I've Gotten To Whisper To.