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" I like making movies for myself and my friends and people with my sensibility. "

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" I tend to relate to a character in terms of the arc: what's interesting is where he starts versus where he ends up. "

" I like music, but I need to get outside more. "

" I have this embedded faith in the process through which films of a certain type get discovered on longer timelines. "

" I never think that a film should answer questions for you. I think it should make you ask a lot of questions. "

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" I've always thought of acting as more of an exercise in empathy, which is not to be confused with sympathy. You're trying to get inside a certain emotional reality or motivational reality and try to figure out what that's about so you can represent it. "

" Duality is not a story. Duality is just a complexity. "

" When I'm the one who sits down and looks at the blank page and writes it out all the way, then I'll call it my script. "

" I read a lot of scripts and so many are clearly a knockoff of one familiar genre or another. "

" It's nice when someone knows their lines. "

" Basically, I think 21st century conservation is moving toward preserving ecosystems by dealing with the needs of people. "

" The more you can create that magic bubble, that suspension of disbelief, for a while, the better. "

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" People wrestle sometimes making movies, and I think that conflict is a very essential thing. I think a lot of very happy productions have produced a lot of very banal movies. "

" I like it when the deeper you go with the character, the more you see the layers start to peel away. "

" The period western doesn't have a lot to say to most people today. "

" People are worried about the degree to which corporate interest is starting to threaten human interest. "

" 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? "

" I've always liked the idea of taking old dramatic ideas and devices and making them feel relevant or contemporary or whatever. "