Love And Respect Are The Most Important

Eventually This All Passes. The Public Horrors Of Today Eventually Blow Away. And, Yes, You Are Changed By The Awful Wake Of Reckoning They Leave Behind. Hopefully In The Process You Don't Lose Your Ability To Throw Your Arms In The Air Again And Spin In Wild Abandon. That Is The Ultimate F.u. And - Finally - The Most Beautiful Survival Tool Of All. Don't Let Them Take That Away From You.

By The First Week Of Shooting, You Know Exactly Where Your Film Is Heading Based On The Psychology Of Your Director.

I Think I Missed All Of The Wonderful Things ... I Missed The Control That You Have In Film, And I Missed Getting It Right, Really Getting It Right, The Way You Hope People Will See It. All Of The Things That People Love About Theater - The Fact That It Changes Every Night And That It's So Spontaneous - All Of Those Things Just Frighten Me.

As An Actor, I'm Always Playing Solitary Characters. But As A Director, I'm Always Making Ensemble Movies, Which Focus On Lots Of People's Lives And How They Intertwine.

It's A Tough Trick To Be Able To Create An Intelligent Movie That Has Socio-political Commentary, And Also Has The Emotional And Moving Stuff, At The Same Time.