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I'm Really Attracted To Authors Who Take On Really Tricky Material With A Very Open Mind And Take A Subject Matter That You Wouldn't Think Would Be A Comedy.

I Don't Consider Myself Bossy, But I Do Know What I Want. You Know, I Have A Gut Feeling About A Piece Of Material, But I've Never Envisioned Myself As The Director On Top Of The Hill With A Megaphone In My Hand, Screaming At 1,000 Extras.

Too Many People Believe In That [alfred] Hitchcock Thing That He Only Shot Exactly The Shots He Needed For The Dialogue He Needed And I Think That's Bullshit, Even If That Was True For That Singular Filmmaker.

I Don't Believe In Director's Cuts Where You Make Things Longer. The Coolest Thing Was When The Coen Brothers Did A Director's Cut Of 'blood Simple,' And They Made It Shorter.

I'm Really Specific In The Way That I Shoot. I've Always Had A Very Good Sense Of What I Need In The Editing Room. I Used To Shoot In A Way That Drew More Attention To The Camera And I've Tried, In Each Film, To Draw Less And Less Attention To The Camera. I Think When You Pay Attention To The Shots, You're Aware Of The Fact That There's A Director.