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Reviews About Film Acting Are Very... Tricky, Because Movies Are Such A Collaborative Thing.

Most Of The Books That I've Adapted I'm Doing Because I Love The Book And I Feel Like It's A Great Work Of Art In Itself, And When It's A Great Book I Feel As A Director Or A Writer That I Have A Responsibility To Rise To The Level Of The Original. It Makes Me Try To Reach Higher.

For Whatever Reason, I Have An Emotional Life That Wants To Come Out.

I Guess It's Ironic. I Just Did The Gucci Cologne Ad, And I Was The Cologne Thief In Junior High.

I Was Being Generous. Gia Coppola Wasn't Even A Filmmaker At That Time, But I Asked Her To Do It, Because I Believed In Her As An Artist. And Because I Wanted A Woman's Take On The Material. The Book Palo Alto Is Very Male-centric, But Gia Carved Out A Bunch Of The Female Characters, And Brought Them To The Fore In The Movie. And The Project Was Richer For It.