Occupation: Film Director Birth: June 26, 1970
Well I'd really love to work with Robert De Niro, because he's still the most talented actor out there..
I don't want to be the angry guy..
The films that I love are very straightforward stories, like really old-fashioned stuff..
But I'd be lying if I didn't say that every time you go to make a film, you're desperate to either do it better than you did it last time or to not r….
I remember being taught in school that you would underline things that you liked. I remember just underlining everything as a kid, thinking, 'This ha….
Acting is the hardest job in the entire world. By far. Harder than ditch digging..
Of course, I'm no dummy..
I write from my stomach..
If you figure a way to live without serving a master, any master, then let the rest of us know, will you? For you'd be the first person in the histor….
Screenwriting is like ironing. You move forward a little bit and go back and smooth things out..
How do I respond to criticism? Critically. I listen to all criticism critically..
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 t….
My filmmaking education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from b….
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 th….
I'll rebel against powers and principalities, all the time. Always, I will..
You write who you are. But you also cheat, and youwrite what you want to be. It's embarrasing to be the guy who madethe movie, knowing you're not exa….
I have a feeling, one of those gut feelings, that I'll make pretty good movies the rest of my life..
I am always looking for that nuance, that moment of truth, and you can't really do that fast..
My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people..
I don't get a sense of American pride. I just get a sense that everyone is here, battling the same thing - that around the world everybody's after th….
I guess what I like in my movies is where you see a character change by maybe two degrees as opposed to the traditional movie change of ninety degree….