I Wouldn't Say That I'm Particularly Bothered

Sometimes When You're Editing A Movie, You Have The Thing That You Don't Expect - Which Is You Make It Longer And Longer As You Go Along.

If Somebody Asks Me About The Themes Of Something I'm Working On, I Never Have Any Idea What The Themes Are. . . . Somebody Tells Me The Themes Later. I Sort Of Try To Avoid Developing Themes. I Want To Just Keep It A Little Bit More Abstract. But Then, What Ends Up Happening Is, They Say, 'well, I See A Lot Here That You Did Before, And It's Connected To This Other Movie You Did,' And . . . That Almost Seems Like Something I Don't Quite Choose. It Chooses Me.

That's The Kind Of Movie That I Like To Make, Where There Is An Invented Reality And The Audience Is Going To Go Someplace Where Hopefully They've Never Been Before. The Details, That's What The World Is Made Of.

I'm Very Sorry For Your Loss. Your Mother Was A Terribly Attractive Woman.

I Just Now Put [robert Altman] Down Feeling Heartbroken But Happily And Deeply Inspired. . . . Wonderful.