I Get A Little Scared Of Words

Love Is A Mess, At Best, And I Figure It Can Be Very Real In Spite Of All The Things People Try To Attach To It.

Well, I'm Pretty Anti Legends - I Just Don't Think They're Useful. So That Certainly Wouldn't Be My Intention. But Will It Contribute To That? Sure. Any Medicine Can Be Mis-used. But I Think That There Is A Great Courage, Innocence And Magic To Him That More Than A Legend Is About Connection.

Today, Maturity Is A Word I Associate With Spirituality. It's One Of Those Words That Cause People To Change Their Voice. When Your Voice Gets Higher Because Of What You're Saying, There's A Problem. To Me, The Conflict Of Life Is Part Of The Joy Of Life. There's Got To Be A Recognition Of The Friction That Exists. Maturity Seems Somehow About Getting Careful. I Don't Want To Be Careful.

In Between, I Go Broke Because I Seem To Do Movies Where You're Not Paid A Lot As An Actor.

A Clearer And More Conventional Narrative Would Have Helped The Film Without, In My Opinion, Lessening Its Beauty And Its Impact. Frankly, I'm Still Trying To Figure Out What I'm Doing There And What I Was Supposed To Add In That Context! What's More, Terry Malick Himself Never Managed To Explain It To Me Clearly.