I'm A New Yorker, You Know.

I Grow Tired Of Intelligence Having Such A Limited Manifestation In Movies - "intelligence" Usually Meaning Coastal, With A Certain Level Of Formal Education.

If You Try To Make Interesting Films, You're Going To Be Disappointed Most Of The Time. I Choose Just Not To Look At It That Way. I Don't Look At American History X As A Failure, Or Fight Club As A Failure, Or 25th Hour As A Failure, Or Larry Flynt As A Failure, Or Any Of The Movies That I Care About That I've Made That Were Not Immediately Successful. I'll Stand With Those Movies Any Day Over 90 Percent Of The Movies That Came Out At The Same Time That Made A Hundred Million Dollars

I Get Heartbroken Flying Into L.a. It's Just This Feeling Of Unspecific Loss. Can You Imagine What The San Fernando Valley Was When It Was All Wheat Fields? Can You Imagine What John Steinbeck Saw?

At This Point In My Life I'm Not Bent On Proving Anything, Really.

I Think We Really Feel Like Crowdrise Could Be Something That, 20 Years From Now, People Take For Granted Because That's Just How You Do It, Like If You're Going To Raise Money For Something, That's How You Do It.