I Think One Of The Most Important

I'm A Tulsa Jew And I Have A Religious Upbringing.

If You Try To Make Interesting Films, You're Going To Be Disappointed Most Of The Time. I Choose Just Not To Look At It That Way. I Don't Look At American History X As A Failure, Or Fight Club As A Failure, Or 25th Hour As A Failure, Or Larry Flynt As A Failure, Or Any Of The Movies That I Care About That I've Made That Were Not Immediately Successful. I'll Stand With Those Movies Any Day Over 90 Percent Of The Movies That Came Out At The Same Time That Made A Hundred Million Dollars

Most People Don't Relate To And Can't Generate Concern For Something They Don't Encounter Personally Or Feel Personally Affected By. People Have To Have The Palpable Negatives In Their Lives Dissected For Them In Ways That Let Them Understand The Root Causes Of Unhealthy, Unhappy Conditions In Their Lives And Then Be Allowed To Really See And Feel The Positive Alternatives.

The More You Do Your Homework, The More You're Free To Be Intuitive. But You've Got To Put The Work In.

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.