In My Culture, There's A Tradition That

I'm Not A Romantic. In Life I Didn't Have Much Experience With Romance.

Sometimes Films Ignore Other Points Of View Because It's Simpler To Tell The Story That Way, But The More Genuine And Sympathetic You Are To Different Points Of View And Situations, The More Real The Story Is.

Meanwhile, The Ice Storm Was Still In Development, And That Was Something I Really Wanted To Do, And Frankly I Don't Think I Was Ready To Do A Big Production Like This.

When You Talk About God, The First Thing That Comes Along Is Not Love, It's Fear. You Have To Fear, And Be In Awe. You Have To Be Scared. Any Religion, It's Like First Thing.

There's A Certain Time In The Core Of Making A Movie From Pre-production To Halfway Through Post-production I Don't Read Any Project, My Agent Will Tell People That "he's Not Reading." And Then When I Know How The Movie's Probably Gonna Work Halfway Into Post-production, I'll Come Along.