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I care about narrative structure; I care about how stories unfold.

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Your whole life is changed with that first child. Your social behaviors are all turned upside down, you're sleep deprived, but eight months in, my son had this seizure, and it just woke me up to the idea that, oh, no, this can end. And it can end in a way that will destroy you forever.

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It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.

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Steven Spielberg had a tremendous influence on me through his early stuff. 'E.T.', 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' - 'Jaws,' I think, is one of the most beautifully directed films ever.

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I can talk to execs very clearly, very plainly. I don't get nervous in front of them anymore.

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There's one right place to put the camera. I'm a big believer in that. You'd think you could put it anywhere. Nope.

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I never wanted to make movies just for me. I want to make movies that people watch.

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I grew up in Arkansas, and I went to Little Rock Central High, which was the site of a desegregation crisis in '57. I graduated in '97.

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I'll say this: I think from a directing standpoint, 'Loving' is my most accomplished film. Strictly from a technical, directing point of view.

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I think when you're talking about marriage equality and race, people very quickly start to get into their political corners: their ideology comes to the forefront, and they get into this platform argument that they're used to making, which really doesn't have anything to do with the day-to-day basics of what is being talked about.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: December 7th, 1978

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