If You're A Painter And You Want

The Muscle Memory Of Filtering Away All The Wrong Versions Of What You're Doing Improves The More Time You're On A Film Set. I Feel Like My Problem-solving Algorithm Got Kicked Up A Notch.

I Come From A Generation That Was Surrounded By Popular Music, But I Don't Know If Anybody's Ever Going To Move The Ball Forward As Far And As Fast As The Beatles Did.

I Think '60s Are Appealing To Creative People, Because It Seemed To Be A Time Of Endless Possibilities, When The Boundaries Of What Could Be Considered Popular Culture Were Being Expanded Almost By The Week. It Doesn't Feel Like That Anymore. At Times, I Wish It Were So. Radio Is A Perfect Example; Good God, I Mean, Back Then The Most Interesting Songs Were Also Hits, And That's Just Not True Anymore. It Hasn't Been True In A Long Time.

American Movie Audiences Now Just Don’t Seem To Be Very Interested In Any Kind Of Ambiguity Or Any Kind Of Real Complexity Of Character Or Narrative - I’m Talking In Large Numbers, There Are Always Some, But Enough To Make Hits Out Of Movies That Have Those Qualities. I Think Those Qualities Are Now Being Seen On Television And That People Who Want To See Stories That Have Those Kinds Of Qualities Are Watching Television.

I Think I'm Good At Amplifying An Actor's Strengths, And Minimizing Their Weaknesses. And They All Have Strengths And Weaknesses.