If You're Doing A Classic Play, Where

It Took Me A Long Time To Film The Plastic Bag, And Then I Had To Get The Cut Of The Scene Right. But If You Find It As Beautiful As The Character Does, Then Suddenly It Becomes A Different Movie, And So Did He As A Character.

I Suppose Once In A While, A Filmmaker Makes A Movie That's More Than Just A Sum Of Its Parts, More Than Good Acting Or Good Filmmaking. It's Something Else That Has Nothing To Do With What You've Done. This Is In 1999, Made By People In 1999 For People In 1999 About People In 1999.

There Have Been Screenwriters Who I'm Sure Would Gladly Kill Me, Because I've Been Very Fast And Loose With Their Work, Because I Felt Like It Wasn't Up To My High Standards. I Would Push And Pull It On Set, And Make Changes All The Time. But Then When You're Working With An Original Screenplay, My Theater Instincts Kick In, And I Suddenly Become Very Keeper-of-the-words.

The Moment You Have Kids, You Are Prey To Judgment, But You Also Become A Judge. You Find Yourself Going, "can You Believe What She Did With Such-and-such?" At School.

Kevin And Annette... I Wanted Them To Do It Together. They Clearly Wanted To Work With Each Other.