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" Self-respect is a commodity worth cleaving to. "

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" I think that directing is the ultimate martyred task of filmmaking, that it has nobility to it. It takes three years to make a film, for the most part. I think it requires the attentiveness of a mother hen. "

" I was very blessed always to find work; even when people thought I wasn't working, I was. "

" I'm not actively avoiding television. I just haven't found the right fit yet, as it were. And that's O.K. "

" I don't know what it is, exactly, but there's a negative drag on film sets after the second week or so, a mutinous vibe because the infinite capacities of the directors and everybody else become quite finite and everybody's under the gun and it becomes work. "

" I'm not really attracted to that long-term commitment to one character over many years. "

" I think, certainly, directing is a visual medium, but it's also about communication, and a lot of times, great directors are lacking in communication skills, which is rather shocking to discover that. "

" Independent films have a very different cachet than success films. "

" I'm fascinated by how Hollywood has changed since I started. Today it's about immediate delivery. There's less risk and less art. "

" I love my work, but there is no price you can put on what you miss when you are away from your kids. "

" I was really fortunate that I was not in 'successful movies' when I was younger, because whatever's given, there's an undertow that wants to take it away. "

" When I was growing up in New York City, my father was a taxi driver for a time. "

" I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better. "

" It's rare that you get to have a lovely time of it and you're not just portraying endless trauma on film. "

" The weird thing about film, which I don't really care for, is that I'm always surprised when I see the film. One way or another, I'm always surprised. "

" I like someone who's suffered from both sides. "

" I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car. "

" I try not to be overly analytical. "

" You have to realize, making movies is the weirdest thing you could ever do. It's a contrivance, but you're attempting to reach people's hearts in the dark, and there are so many factors that are out of your control. "

" I don't really know how to relate to a long-term day-in day-out kind of comfortable relationship. "

" Imagine if somebody said your nose is too big or your ears stick out. For me, it was my neck was too short. It stuck with me all my life. "

" Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong. "

" To be honest, relationships with the opposite sex are the most challenging things I've done. You lose your compass, gravity changes, you don't know what's up or down, you're trying to figure it out. You're trying to make everybody happy, including yourself, and it's just... it's humbled me. "

" For me, going away to work is the hardest part of my life and career. "

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" I don't want to live in a bubble, in my craft or in the world... I can't, I would be cheating myself out of my generation and the world we live in. "

" The largest room in the world is room for improvement. You know, some mornings my thighs are fat. Some days my hair looks great. That's the human condition. "

" Some people fascinate me. They really worship at the altar of their careers, you know? And it's terrifying. It's sort of like setting a table and waiting for someone to come along and whoosh - push all the plates onto the floor. "