People Cant Help How They Look.

There Can Be A Blurry Line Between Laughing At The Expense Of A Character And Laughing At The Recognition Of Something Painful And True. But Blurry As It May Be, It Is Nevertheless Unmistakable, And Sometimes The Laughter I Hear Makes Me Wince.

All I Mean Is, I'm Not The Kind Of Audience Comedy Directors Want At A Test Screening Because I Seldom Laugh, And If I Do, It's Not Very Loud. That Doesn't Mean I Don't Like The Movie.

People Call You "director," But It Really Should Be "economic Manager." Because Everything Is "well, We Can Do Another Take Here, But Then You're Gonna Lose That Shot Over There." Or "the Sun's Going Down, Sorry, You're Outta Luck. We Can't Afford To." You Know? And Meanwhile, How Do You Get The Performer's Performance? I'm Thinking The Whole Time All About "how Can I Get My Day Done?" And My Performances Are Primarily A Result Of Casting The Right People At The Right Time In The Right Parts. And Then I Do Little Modifications.

It Is True That The Movie Is Perhaps My Most Politically-charged. The Story Is Thrust Into Motion By The Idea Of What Do You Do When Your 13 Year Old Daughter Comes Home Pregnant. And Not Only Is She Pregnant, But She Wants To Keep The Baby.

There Are A Lot Of Ideas I Have That I Think Would Be Very Marketable And Commercial, But They're Not As Compelling To Me As The Ones That Are Unmarketable, Uncommercial, And Unprofitable.