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Whatever I Was Able To Do With Those Experiences Certainly Contribute To Whatever I'm Able To Do As A Director. The Corruption In That Is That Most Of What I Acted In The Last 10 Years Was To Steal Film School Time From These Guys. Those Were The People I Thought I Could Learn From As A Director.

I Can't Imagine Being Quite As Lucky At Any Other Time - I Certainly Never Have Been Before. That Goes Right Down From My Producing Partners To People Like Eddie Vedder. But The Two Things That Make Me Feel That This Was Meant To Be Now And Not Before Was That The Story Itself Has More Resonance Today - I Find It A More Important Story Today Than It Was Then - And Emile.

I Like To Believe That Love Is A Reciprocal Thing, That It Can't Really Be Felt, Truly, By One.

It's Only In Innocence You Find Any Kind Of Magic, Any Kind Of Courage.

It Has Nothing To Do With The Emotional Demands Of A Role; I've Done Comedies That Are As Draining To Me As Any Drama.