Artwork Can Be A Portal, A Kind

Narcissism And Self-deception Are Survival Mechanisms Without Which Many Of Us Might Just Jump Off A Bridge.

I Mean, I Don't Want To Sound - Of Course It's Very Nice, People Come Up And Say Appreciative Things About My Work. But The Loss, In Terms Of Privacy And Anonymity, Is No Small Thing To Me.

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.

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.