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I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast.

I'm completely aware of the fact that I'm a control freak.

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Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging.

My dad was this sort of avant-garde guy who did all kinds of weird things. He was a true original and anybody who met him never forgot him.

My older sister was at the cusp of new wave, and I had older brothers from my father's first marriage who were rock 'n' roll guys, so I was exposed to a lot of popular culture.

I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember, all I wanted to do was make movies.

Film school is a complete con, because the information is there if you want it.

I always had a dream about trying to make a movie that had no dialogue in it, that was just music and pictures. I still haven't done it yet, but I tried to get close in the beginning.

To make a film, the final big collaborator that you have is the composer.

You know, I'm really not that competent at describing things musically.

I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This has all gotta be important!' I would just underline the whole thing!

There's a lot for screenwriters to steal from songwriters, in terms of getting to the point.

I don't think it's a director's job to peek behind the curtain too much.

As I have got older and become a father, there's less and less time for films.

It's a gamble you take, the risk of alienating an audience. But there's a theory - sometimes it's better to confuse them for five minutes than let them get ahead of you for 10 seconds.

You have to be a brat in order to carve out your parameters, and you have to be a monster to anyone who gets in your way. But sometimes it's difficult to know when that's necessary and when you're just...

I really subscribe to that old adage that you should never let the audience get ahead of you for a second. So if the film's abrasive and wrongfoots people then, y'know, that's great. But I hope it involves an audience.

Crazy is so hard to play, there's nothing you can really tell an actor.

I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

I don't think the competition's so rough, within the majority of movies made in Hollywood.

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