Time Off From The News Is Always

When I Write A Film, There's A Particular Thing I Am Wrestling With And The Question Or Concern I'm Dealing With Has To Be Big Enough For Me To Dedicate A Year Or Two Of My Life. If The Question Isn't Big Enough, Or Rich Enough, I'll Lose Interest.

You Know, I’m Not Saying, “oh, Because I Play A Good Guy On Tv, I Need To Suddenly Be Villainous In A Movie.” I Look At It More Like: Does This Role Has A Kind Of Urgency For Me In Terms Of, “can I Not Say No To It For Whatever Reason?”

There's Something Melancholy About Professors Because They're Chronically Abandoned. They Form These Lovely Relationships With Students And Then The Students Leave And The Professors Stay The Same. It's Like They're Chronically Abandoned.

A Movie Can And Should Have Some Real Dissonance Throughout - Rage, Heartache, Tears, Conflict, Catharsis And All The Other Elements Aristotle Demanded Of A Good Story - But The Chord Has To Be Resolved.

I Actually Have A Thing About Proper Nouns. They Clang On My Ear In A Weird Way When I Hear Them Dropped Into Movies.