If We Listen To The Better Angels

It's Very Frustrating [ To Work Under Director's Control], Not Just Because You're Getting Rejected Constantly, But Also Because You're At A Time In Your Life Where You Have An Enormous Amount Of Creative Energy, And There's No Way To Express It. That's Why A Lot Of People Get Into Drinking Or Drugs Or Whatever.

As Somebody Who Makes His Living In The Movie Business And Wants To Contribute To It, I Think That The Best Chance I Have Of Doing That Is Just Consistently Working With Great Directors.

I Grew Up In And The Teachers. I Think I Was Very Lucky. I Think I Had A Lot Of Social Capital, And So When I Found Myself In This Position Of Influence, I Just - Then I Started To Engage A Bit With Some Of The Problems In The World And Realize That I Could Actually Have An Impact.

People Do Things In The Names Of Good, And In The Name Of Ideals, But The World Isn't That Simple. So They End Up Doing Things That Aren't Necessarily Good. Even If They Think They're Doing The Right Thing, But When Viewed From A Different Perspective They Can Look Barbaric And Crazy.

Oftentimes When I'm Deciding To Do A Movie, The Main Thing Is Really, That I Look At, Is The Director. I've Come To Feel That More And More. The More Movies I've Done And The Older I've - The More Experience I Have, I Always Knew It Was A Director's Medium, And I Always Said That.