This notion of changing technology interests me. I work on a computer now, and it's not been easy to adjust. I still prefer to have my hands on film …

- Hal Hartley

All the discoveries seem to be discoveries of means.

- Hal Hartley

I wonder if there is anything to discover.

- Hal Hartley

I'm often uncertain of what's expected of a movie.

- Hal Hartley

We discover and invent new ways of finding out the same old things.

- Hal Hartley

I see (humor) in the smallest things.

- Hal Hartley

More and more, even with a measure of success, I'm not sure what it is people are seeing when they see a movie I've made.

- Hal Hartley

TRUST took as its starting point the question, What would happen if a movie took the character of a teen-age girl seriously?.

- Hal Hartley

I think maybe written films are better than real films. You can see them in your head and yet everything is exactly as you want it to be.

- Hal Hartley