I Think Life's An Irrational Obsession.

The Advice You Give To Young Directors For Sure Is To Go Out And Become Some Version Of A Successful Movie Actor. Do That First And Say Yes To People Like Terrence Malick And Clint Eastwood And Woody Allen When They Come And Offer You Movies. It's A Great Front Row Seat To Filmmaking.

I'm Not Going To Recommend Recklessness But Somewhere Just Short Of It - Testing Yourself And Proactively Pursuing A Rite Of Passage Has Become Necessary Because In Western Developed Countries We've Become Very Comfort-addicted.

It's Pretty Much Rock-'n'-roll. I Sit Down And Start Feeling Stuff And Writing.

When I Was Growing Up And Somebody Like Robert De Niro Had A Movie Come Out, It Was A Cultural Event. Because He Had Such A Confidence And A Single Mission That Was So Intimate.

I'd Do Anything To Get A Performance, Short Of Malice.