As I Do With Most Films, I

I Have This New Theory About Films. It's Almost Like Astrology, Where If We Started On A Tuesday The Film Will Be Different Than If We Started On A Wednesday. Not Because Of The Planets. It's That Sometimes You Start With The Wrong Balance And The Whole Thing Gets Messed Up.

My Art Teacher In Junior High Was A Very Out Gay Man And A Mentor To Me. He Would Tell Us About Greenwich Village And Show Us The 'village Voice' And Describe His Life, But It Was All Sort Of Subversive And Below The Radar.

I Think That In Some Cases, I've Made Films That Have A Sentimental Quality, At Least As Part Of The Film.

And Later I Thought, I Can't Think How Anyone Can Become A Director Without Learning The Craft Of Cinematography.

When I Was 14, I Felt Very Rundown; I Had A Home To Go To, But I Felt Like I Was 60 Or Something, Older Than I Feel Now. And I Don't Know If It's Something That Happens At 14, Or Whether It Was Adolescence Or Whether I Was Gay, Or Closeted Gay, Or Whatever It Was, I Felt That.