When I Decide To Write A Story,

It's A Mistake And Misconception To Think That One Has To State Everything Clearly And Simply For The Audience To Be Able To Follow The Character, And This Is What Is Bringing American Cinema Down From Its Position In The Classic Golden Period. There's This Misapprehension That The Audience Is Not Smart.

Sometimes We Feel Like Life Is Like Theater, Really.

I Really Think That People Who Want To Think More Serious Have To Go And Watch Theater. Theater Is A Very Sterilized Art Form. Not As Much As Music, But Very Close To Music.

Working With Children Is Very Different Than The Way In Which I Work With Adults. I Never Tell The Children The Actual Truth Of The Thing That I Want Them To Act. Although Children Are Really Into Play And Play Acting, And This Is A Major Part Of Their Existence, They Never Actually Find The Playing Or Acting Of Adults Credible.

Whether We Like It Or Not, The Modernity Is Something That Comes From Western Countries, And When The Modernity Comes To The Eastern Countries, Although They Feel Like They Really Need It, At The Same Time It Shakes The Very Fundament Of The Culture - There Is Always This Challenge Between The Two.