I'm Attracted To Working With Comedians Because

I'm Going To Work With Dan Clowes. After Charlie Kaufman, It's Hard To Fill Up The Gap. It's Hard To Find Somebody Who... A Lot Of Writers, I Can Clearly See The Desire Of Succeeding Before The Desire Of Expressing Themselves. Sometimes People Get Upset When You Want To Be Different. You Were Talking About "whimsical," Which Is A Nice Word. But Sometimes They Use The Word "quirky" In The Pejorative Sense. I Get Frustrated, Because They Feel Like I'm Doing Whatever I Want, And There Is No Ground, And I Don't Really Care. They Feel It's Cynical. But I Don't Think I Have Any Cynicism In Me.

I Think Some People Feel That If You Are Going To Have 3d, Then You Have To Shoot In 3d, But They Shoot 3d, So Of Course They're Going To Say 'my Way Of Doing A Film Is Better.' I'm Not Telling Anyone How They Should Do Their Film, So Why Should Anyone Tell Me How I Should Do Mine?

If You Take A Child From South Africa And You Put Them In Boston, They're Going To Speak With A Boston Accent. And So, That's A Way To See The World As Everybody Is Equal, Not As A Result Of Politics, But As Human Beings.

Every Great Idea Is On The Verge Of Being Stupid.

I Think The Purpose Of Test Screenings Is Different For The Studio And For The Filmmaker. For The Studio, I Think They Want To Know Whether The Film Works Or Not.