Usually When I Read Something, First Of

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.

In Rare Cases, I've Had Music Before I Shot The Movie. I Think That For 'good Will Hunting' I Had An Elliot Smith Record Or A Couple Of Them And I Just Somehow Felt Like The Sound Had Something To It That Reminded Me Of The Story. So In That Case There Was Music Beforehand.

It's Easy To Keep Score At A Football Game Because It's Just How Many Times You Get The Ball Over The Goal. But, When You Ask An Audience To Tell Us How Many Times The Invisible Ball Got Over The Invisible Goal, And They Go, "well, It Was 46," They're Just Making It Up. So, If You're Listening To That, As Though You're Actually Listening To The Score Of A Football Game, You're Misleading Yourself.

I'm Usually Trying To React To What The Actors Are Coming Up With. And Then The Environment, And Then The Story.

When You Get To Be 23, 24 Or 25, You Start To Freeze Up And Become An Adult.