Everybody's A Mad Scientist, And Life Is

When You're In The Muck, You Can Only See Muck. If You Somehow Manage To Float Above It, You Still See The Muck, But You See It From A Different Perspective. And You See Other Things, Too. That's The Consolation Of Philosophy.

Casting Is Really A Black Art. It's A Huge Part Of Directing And It's The Most Invisible. It's One That People Don't Really Think About Or Talk About. But You Can Really Destroy Your Movie By Casting It Badly Before You've Shot A Foot Of Film. And Yet There Are No Guidebooks For It, There's No Rule Book To Tell You How To Do It. It's All Your Own Experience And Your Own Sensibility And Your Own Intuition.

Technology Is Us. There Is No Separation. It's A Pure Expression Of Human Creative Will. It Doesn't Exist Anywhere Else In The Universe. I'm Rather Sure Of That.

At A Certain Point The Audience Shouldn't Worry About Catching Every Word And Understanding Every Twist And Turn, Because At A Certain Point That's Pretty Much Impossible.

Each Kid Has A Different Level Of Expertise And Some Of Them Are Very Raw And Inexperienced And Some Are Incredibly Mature And Experienced. So You Just Have To Go With What They Are Rather Than Have Some Abstract Technique That You're Going To Try To Apply To Them.