I Love My Work, But There Is

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 Don't Know How People Raise Children And Direct Films. I'm Sorry, I Don't Know, How Can You Be Good At Both?

Americans Are Like Pac Man. We Just Eat Our Way Through The Day. There's Always Something Going Into The Mouth.

You See The Movie With The Music And The Editing And All The Parts That You Weren't There For When It Was Being Filmed, And You Really Appreciate All The Names That Are Scrolling By. You Realize That You Accomplished So Much.

I Do Feel That If It's Not On The Page, There's No Hope Of It Getting To The Stage. You Really Can't Take A Cat And Turn It Into A Dog, Or Try And Get Lemons Off An Apple Tree, Or What Have You. Sometimes There's This Real Naïveté That People Possess, Where They Want You To Infuse A Scene With A Certain Quality, And It's Like An Apology. "i Read The Script, Didn't You? What's The Agenda Here?"

When I Was About Seven, I Started Touring The Globe As Part Of New York's La Mama Theater Company - Without My Parents!