I Have A Healthy View Of What

I Think Christine And Chad Are On The Opposite Extremes Of The Spectrum. Christine Is A Model Victim, And Chad Is A Model Perpetrator, And Howard Is Closer To The Middle.

You Start As An Audience Member And Create A World You're Interested In, And Then You Move Into The Telling Of Those Stories, Bringing What Has Interested You As An Audience Member.

Sitting In An Automobile Was Where I First Remember Understanding How Drama Works ... Hidden In The Back Seat Of A Sedan, I Quickly Realized How Deep The Chasm Or Intense The Claustrophobia Could Be Inside Your Average Family Car.

I Felt, If I'm Going To Take On Some Of The Most Overdone Material, Which Is Men And Women And Affairs And Betrayal Of Friends, I Had Better Have A New Take On It. I Think My Films Come From A Desperation Not To Be Boring.

People Think My Work Is Therapeutic. I Don't See It That Way. It's Not Like I'm Saving Money From A Weekly Therapy Visit By Writing Down My Life.