Why Should I Keep Doing Things That

I Don't Know What "altmanesque" Means, Though I Suppose I'm Flattered By It.

Titanic I Thought Was The Most Dreadful Piece Of Work I've Ever Seen In My Entire Life. Another Film That I Think Is Equally Bad Was American Beauty. So Badly Acted And Directed. But People Like That.

People Have Asked Me Throughout The Years Which Directors Have Influenced Me. I Don't Know Their Names, Because I Was Mostly Influenced When I'd See A Film And Think, "man, I Want To Be Sure To Never Do Anything Like That." So I Never Learned Their Names. It Wasn't A Matter Of Copying Or Emulating Somebody I Admired. It Was Getting Rid Of A Lot Of Stuff.

We Make Too Much Of The Good And Too Much Of The Bad.

I've Never Had A Big Hit Movie. "mash" Was Probably The Biggest. I Don't Make Those Kind Of Films, And I Never Have. I Wish Each One Of Them Would Just Do Billions Of Dollars Worth Of Ticket Sales, But They Never Do And They Never Will.