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There Is A Kind Of Sense Of Truth And Reconciliation That Is Non-formalized, But It's Understood And Accepted. Haitians Are Haitians And There Is An Inherent Loyalty That Forgives An Awful Lot.

I Can't Imagine Being Quite As Lucky At Any Other Time - I Certainly Never Have Been Before. That Goes Right Down From My Producing Partners To People Like Eddie Vedder. But The Two Things That Make Me Feel That This Was Meant To Be Now And Not Before Was That The Story Itself Has More Resonance Today - I Find It A More Important Story Today Than It Was Then - And Emile.

Whatever I Was Able To Do With Those Experiences Certainly Contribute To Whatever I'm Able To Do As A Director. The Corruption In That Is That Most Of What I Acted In The Last 10 Years Was To Steal Film School Time From These Guys. Those Were The People I Thought I Could Learn From As A Director.

If There's Anything Disgusting About The Movie Business, It's The Whoredom Of My Peers.

Jon Krakauer Had Documented It Very Accurately And Very Well But This Kid Made A Real Impression On People, And Likewise They On Him. To Talk To Them Was Very Moving In Many Cases Because They Talk About Him Like They Saw Him Yesterday. In Most Cases They Knew This Kid For A Couple Of Weeks In Their Whole Life And He Just Lasted With Them.