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I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!

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There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

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I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

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As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

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It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

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I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

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Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

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I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

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I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

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I write from my stomach.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: June 26th, 1970

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