I'm A Tulsa Jew And I Have

People Say You Can't Make Movies About Your Politics Or The Environment. And, Generally Speaking, I Completely Divide Those Sides Of My Brain.

Everyone Thinks That Fight Club Is A Very Important And Successful Film, But It Was A Massive Box-office Failure. Massive. It Was A Big Flop By Any Commercial-release Standard. And It's Been A Huge Hit On Dvd. Everything That Movie Has Become Has Been On Dvd. So You Can't Stake Your Sense Of Creative Success On This Whole Box-office-performance Matrix, Because If You Do, You're Going To Be Disappointed Most Of The Time.

I Do Find Myself Drawn More To Pieces That I Feel Are Wrestling With The Way That We're Living Now, What We're All Going Through.

I've Already Spent A Lot Of My Life Doing What Makes Me Go. There's A Life Out There While I'm Still Young, Able To Move, Able To Just Sit At Peace In The Water - I Should Be Spending Much More Time Doing That, Rather Than Continuing To Go Through This Artistic Struggle.

I'm Pretty Busy In My Life And I'm Very Aware Of What It Takes To Direct A Movie. It Takes A Lot Out Of You; It Takes A Lot Out Of The Rest Of Your Life, From Other People In Your Life. I Don't Lie Around Hungering For That Consumption Very Often.