My Name Is Joel Goodson. I Deal

I Remember Looking At My Dad And Wanting To Understand Him. I Didn't Want To Just Write The Guy Off. He Was Lost. I Can't Speak Specifically In Terms Of Why And How He Got To Where He Was - That Was His Journey. All I Can Tell You Is, He Was Overwhelmed By Life... My Mother Basically Did All The Work, And Then They Got Separated And I Didn't See Him For A Long Time. He Didn't Try To Help The Family Financially Or Spiritually, And I Lived With The Effects Of The Chaos.

Everybody Dies, Sally. The Thing Is To Die Well.

I've Never Made A Film That I Didn't Believe In, You Know? However The Picture Turns Out, I've Always Given Everything To It. That's Kind Of How I Approach Life. I Can't Help It. There's No Part-way With Me On Anything In Any Area Of My Life.

I'm A Good Listener. I Think It's The One Characteristic That's Most Important. I've Always Been That Way. Not That I Take All The Advice, But You've Got To Listen To It And Have The Courage To Make Your Own Decision. Then I Just Go For It.

You Can Put The Camera In Places Where You May Not Necessarily Be Able To Put It There If I Don't Do The Stunt. If It's Character And It's Storytelling, Then We Do It. We Design The Things Around Me. I Don't Do It Just To Do A Stunt. It's Storytelling For Me And How I Can Best Bring The Audience Into The Action, Bring The Audience Into The Story. And That's How We Always Look At At.