Making A Film That's Supposed To Be

We Have To Have A Version Of Our Own Story That We Keep Telling Ourselves That Allows Us To Get Up In The Morning. This Version Of Yourself Is What You Sell To Yourself. I Think It Necessarily Includes ... Not Looking At Certain Things. Everybody's Got Some Blind Spot.

I Never Leave The Writer Behind, Because You Rewrite The Movie In Post, Or At Least I Do. I Always Do, And I Feel Like Anybody Who Doesn't At Least Explore That Possibility Is Short-changing Themselves. Editing Is The Most Fun And Most Exciting Part Of The Process.

Well, It's 15 Years Since Sex, Lies And Videotape, And If You Hang Around Long Enough You're Having The Same Arguments With Just A New Set Of People Every Few Years And It Gets Boring.

The Key Is, How Do You Feel With The One Asshole? They Cannot Be Talked To. That's Why They Are Assholes.

I Think I'm Good At Amplifying An Actor's Strengths, And Minimizing Their Weaknesses. And They All Have Strengths And Weaknesses.