I Started In Theater And I Wanted

We're Still Staring At Tv Screens, Right? They're Still Monitors. But The Way Information Is Delivered Is Different. So It Creates An Interesting Way Of Looking Back At Early Films, Because They're Actually Relevant In Terms Of The Devices People Are Using. But The Consideration, The Debate, Around Those Technologies Was Very Different From What's Being Presented Now.

Though I Am Still Very Vulnerable To Audiences—and It Happens All The Time - Where For Some Reason The Energy Doesn’t Connect And, Since The Film Is Very Personal, Obviously I Am Made To Feel Very Vulnerable By That.

I Love When People Are Resilient And When They Form Ways Of Dealing With Grief Or Dealing With Some Traumatic Episode, And Sometimes Those Are The Wrong Choices.

Every Actor Has A Different Temperament. Part Of My Job Is To Know What Those Boundaries Are. The Actor Has To Know You'll Be There At The Other End, That You're Trying To Represent Them In The Best Light, Who They Are As They're Harnessing These Roles. The Methods Vary From Actor To Actor.

I Believe My Signal Of Maturity As A Filmmaker Iswhen I'll Actually Acknowledge The Fact That The First Take Is Usuallythe Best.