I've Always Been Attracted To Temporary Families.

I'm Going In A Really Weird I-don't-know-where Direction, But I Prefer Anything [different] From How Standardized Filmmaking Has Become.

It's Easy To Keep Score At A Football Game Because It's Just How Many Times You Get The Ball Over The Goal. But, When You Ask An Audience To Tell Us How Many Times The Invisible Ball Got Over The Invisible Goal, And They Go, "well, It Was 46," They're Just Making It Up. So, If You're Listening To That, As Though You're Actually Listening To The Score Of A Football Game, You're Misleading Yourself.

If It Were Up To The Executives, They Probably Wouldn't Have Directors At All.

There Is A Common Theme, Though, In The Stories I Have Told, Which Are Usually Associations Of Characters Or Families That Are Formed Outside Of A Family Circle.

With 'good Will Hunting,' Miramax Made Certain The Recruited Audience Wasn't Expecting To Laugh At Robin Williams Like They Normally Do. From My Limited Experience, You Can Really Blow Test Screenings By Conducting Them In The Wrong Way.