When I Go To Movies I Generally

In Seventh Grade I Had A Magical Teacher, Her Name Was Mrs. Fried. She Wore Only Pink, She Drove A Pink Mustang, And She Was Half Out Of Her Head. But Very Inspiring. And One Day She Said, "take Out A Paper And Pen And Write Something About Peace." For Some Reason I Wrote A Poem On Noah - I Don't Know Why I Chose Noah - And It Turned Out It Was For A Contest For The Un. I Ended Up Winning And Reading The Poem In Front Of The Un. I Remember Mrs. Fried Telling Me, "when You Write Your First Book, Dedicate It To Me." That Was Like, "whoa."

When People Think About The Ark, They're Always Thinking About All The Thousands Of Years Of Religious Iconography Of A Ship With A Bow And A Deck, Where Noah And The Giraffes Could Walk Around. In The Actual Written Text It Is Basically Described As A Long, Rectangular Box.

Right After I Did 'the Fountain,' I Wanted To Go Make A Documentary Or Something That Was Less Constructed - More Natural. I Was Searching For A Project, And Sniffing Around, 'the Wrestler' Fit Right In

I Spent About A Year And A Half Doing Technical Post Work On 'the Fountain'. Although I Do Like The Process, I Think My Favorite Part Of Filmmaking Is The Actors.

Now There Is So Much Expertise And Brainpower It's Hard To Be At The Cutting Edge Of What's Cool And Not Do Something That's Totally Geeky.