I Was Once A Shameless, Full-time Dope

If You Put Up Posters Around Town For High-school Kids, High-school Kids Will Come. If You're Casting Politicians, You Can't Put Up Posters And Have Politicians Come Down.

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

A Lot Of Times, You're Not Necessarily Off The Page Because You Haven't Been Able To Take The Time To Prepare A Character. It's Very Easy To Find Even Great Actors Reading It More Like A Reading. Things Aren't Really Coming Alive Yet, Even Though You Know They Will.

Yeah, Kubrick's A Big Influence. In Something Like 'a Clockwork Orange,' He Is Trying To Use The Practical Light - I Mean, At Least He Says That In His Interviews, Like They're Not Using Traditionally Hollywood Lights. In 'elephant' We Basically Used No Lights; We Never Really Adjusted.

I Think Over The Course Of 14 Films, I'm Returning To A Place That I Know To Tell A Story... The Same Way Spielberg Returned To Fantasy, Lucas Returned To The 'star Wars' Saga, Or John Ford Returned To The Western.