The Beauty Of Life Is In Small

I Start With Actors That I Know Personally Or I Know Their Work, And There Are Things About Their Work Or Their Presence Or Their Own Personality That Make A Character, That Exaggerates Some Qualities And Suppresses Other Qualities. It's Always A Real Collaboration For Me.

When I Studied With Nicholas Ray He Was Always Telling Us, "if You Want To Make Films, Watch A Lot Of Films, But Don't Just Watch Films, Go Take A Walk, Look At The Sky, Read A Book About Meteorology, Look At The Design Of People's Shoes. Because All Of Them Are Part Of Filmmaking." So I Thought, Perfect! That's A Good Job For Me.

I Think We Need To Sort Of Broaden Our Definition Of Poetry, Which Maybe It's A Good Thing That They Just Gave This Nobel Prize To [bob] Dylan Because Blurring The Lines Of Song Lyrics And Also Hip-hop For Me Is Like Some Of The Greatest Uses - Most Innovative Uses Of Language In My Lifetime.

I Like To Rehearse With The Actors Scenes That Are Not In The Script And Will Not Be In The Film Because What We're Really Doing Is Trying To Establish Their Character, And Good Acting To Me Is About Reacting.

When I'm Trying To Imagine Something, I Have A Few Elements, A Few Ideas, Maybe A Certain Actor Or Actress I Want To Create A Certain Type Of Character For, Or Maybe A Certain Place.