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Whatever kind of movie it is, you're going to be more into it when you care more about the drama, or you'll have a better laugh if you feel like you know the people better.
The crazy thing about independent filmmaking is that you're so judged on your first film. It almost needs to be one of those groundbreaking 'I've-never-seen-that-before'-type movies.
If you don't like the President, it costs you 90 bucks to fly to Washington to picket. If you don't like the governor, it costs you 60 bucks to fly to Albany to picket. If you don't like me - 90 cents.
Everything about filmmaking tries to distract you from that first fine rapturous vision you have of the film.
But it's cool working with female directors because I'm a girl, so you do relate to them more. You can talk to them about other stuff like clothes and all that.
An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.
I don't want to come and conquer American films or the American market. I just want to do movies that I care about, stories that I like.
There has never been a female director who has won an Oscar. There has only been one woman who won at the Cannes Film Festival.
I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.
