I Think If You Watch Most Of

There Is An Audience Out There For Literate Films - Slower, More Observant, More Human Films, And They Deserve To Be Made.

I'm Attracted To Short Screenplays. Nobody Really Wants A Film To Be Over Two Hours, Or At Least I Don't.

The Best Cinema Is About Ethics.

A Lot Of People Get Stuck, Like, "oh, If It's Made By A Studio, It Can't Be Independent." Often They Link It To The Source Of Financing, Or How It's Distributed, But I Don't Really Know How You Can. A Filmmaker Will Take His Money From Anywhere. It Doesn't Matter.

Whenever I'm Asked About Independent Cinema, I Think Of What Fidel Castro Said During The Cold War About The League Of Non-aligned Nations. He Said That Really, There Were Only Two Non-aligned Nations: The U.s. And The Ussr. The Rest Of Us Have To Be Aligned Somewhere. I Say Similarly, In A Way, Paramount, Sony, And Warner Bros. Are The Only True Independents, Because They're The Only Ones Who Can Do Whatever They Want And Have Distribution For Their Films Built In.