I Tend To Have A Kind Of

With Edward Norton You'd Never Say, "this Is The One We're Going With Whether You Like It Or Not." It Has To Be Agreed Upon.

All People Are Paradoxical. No One Is Easily Reducible, So I Like Characters Who Have Contradictory Impulses Or Shades Of Ambiguity. It's Fun, And It's Fun Because It's Hard.

Any Questions I Had About Whether A Redneck From Oklahoma Could Become A Brown Classical Philosophy Professor Ended When I Met Tim [blake Nelson].

I've Always Liked The Idea Of Taking Old Dramatic Ideas And Devices And Making Them Feel Relevant Or Contemporary Or Whatever.

Fame Is Very Corrosive And You Have To Guard Very Strictly Against It.