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I've Always Been Attracted To Ensembles. When I Started Doing Plays In High School And In College, I Always Loved The Community Aspect Of It. I Loved These Little Families That Would Develop.

A Movie Can And Should Have Some Real Dissonance Throughout - Rage, Heartache, Tears, Conflict, Catharsis And All The Other Elements Aristotle Demanded Of A Good Story - But The Chord Has To Be Resolved.

You Can Say Something That Can Really Help And Actor And You Can Say Something That Can Really Get In The Way Of An Actor's Performance, Kind Of Cut Them Off From Their Instincts And Really Get Into Their Heads. And Every Actor's Different. Every Actor Requires Something Different. Being An Actor, For Me, Was The Greatest Training To Be A Writer And Director.

What I Write Is Very Personal, But Not Autobiographical. It's More 'thematically Personal' - What's Up In My Life In Terms Of Themes At The Moment.

And As A Filmmaker, I'm Trying To Unhook Myself From This Idea That Unless You Have A Brilliant, Long, Enormously Lucrative Theatrical Run, That Your Movie Somehow Failed. And I Don't Believe That.