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I've Begun To Believe More And More That Movies Are All About Transitions, That The Key To Making Good Movies Is To Pay Attention To The Transition Between Scenes. And Not Just How You Get From One Scene To The Next, But Where You Leave A Scene And Where You Come Into A New Scene. Those Are Some Of The Most Important Decisions That You Make. It Can Be The Difference Between A Movie That Works And A Movie That Doesn't.

Traffic Is About Drugs. As Detailed A Portrait As I Can Muster About What Is Happening In The Drug World, From Top To Bottom, From Policy To How Things Move On The Street.

Whenever You Experiment With Something, It's Very Easy To Take The Emotion Out Of It. And Going Back And Forth Between Wanting To Be Respected Artistically And Wanting To Move People Is Its Own Challenge.

I Guess I Just Look At Talent As A Very Subjective Thing. I Mean, If You Never Tried Playing An Oboe, How Do You Know You're Not The Most Talented Oboe Player Ever? The Point Is That If You Don't Love It, Then It Doesn't Matter.

I Don't Consider Myself To Be Particularly Gifted In The Way That Other Filmmakers Are Gifted.