When I Started Out, Nobody Gave Me

I Did A Women's Movie, And I'm Not A Woman. I Did A Gay Movie, And I'm Not Gay. I Learned As I Went Along.

I Guess In Hollywood You Chart Your Life By Oscars. You Say To Each Other, "remember When That Movie Won That Year? It Was 2006. Remember That?"

Meanwhile, The Ice Storm Was Still In Development, And That Was Something I Really Wanted To Do, And Frankly I Don't Think I Was Ready To Do A Big Production Like This.

Making This Movie As A Period Piece About A Period That Was Very Recent In People's Minds. I Was In Taiwan [during The 1970s], So I Hope I Did All Right. Otherwise, It Could Be The Biggest Embarrassment Of My Life. Also, The Story Is Not Linear, It's Patchy, Like A Cubist Painting, And There Is Always The Possibility It Will Not Hold Together, It Will Fall Apart. The Tone Is Part Satire, Part Serious Drama, Part Tragedy, All Mixed Together, And It Has To Hit An Emotional Core. That's Also Very Scary.

Depending On The Budget [whether To Use 3d On Future Movies]. I Think I Prefer 3d To 2d Now. Also, Because Of 3d I Have To Use A Digital Camera, Which Is The Way It's Going Anyway. That Still Confuses Me, A Digital Camera Versus Film.