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You Have To Know Everything. You Have To Know How To Light A Scene. You Have To Know All This Technical Stuff About Directing. No, You Don't. You Can Know As Much Or As Little As You Have To. Your Main Job Is To Get Great Performances And Tell The Story Correctly And Capture It Correctly. Then It's Just Basically Yours To Complicate Or Simplify As Much As You Want.

I Really Put My Heart And Soul Into Everything And I Don't Want A Project That Doesn't Feel Real To Me Or I Don't Get Invested In. In Order To Drive A Show For Eight Or 10 Years Or Whatever The Target For Doing A Show Is, It Really Has To Be A Part Of You. Because Then I Can Come Up With Stories For Seasons And Seasons On End. I Wish I Had The Ability To Just Like The Idea And Get People In And Drive It That Way Through Their Enthusiasm. For Me, It Has To Be A Little More Of A Personal Thing, Even If It's Not A Completely Personal Story.

I Love The Pictures Of Old Hollywood, Seeing The Directors Dressed In Suits And Ties. Even The Grips Would Be Wearing Ties. But The Biggest Thing Is When I Was A Kid, I Couldn't Wait To Be An Adult, And I Think What Happens With Most Guys Is That No One Wants To Be An Adult Anymore. So They're Dressing Like Kids.

I'm Not Looking For People To Bow Down To Me Or Do Things In My Name Or Even Pass Around A Collection Plate For Me. I Say That I'd Like To Be God For A While Because He Really Can Get Away With Anything. I Mean, Anything.

You Want A Happy Ending, But Not Such A Ridiculous Happy Ending That It Doesn't Mean Anything To Anybody.