You Rarely Get A Tentpole That Has

Really, Each Era Has Its Own False Nostalgia. We All Put A Picket Fence Up Around Something. For My Generation It Was The '50s, And For Other Generations It Will Be Something Else. Change Is Scary For Everyone, As Is Complexity, Contradiction, And An Uncertain Future.

There Is No Right Way To Live. You Preclude A Lot Of Life By Trying To Conform To That Kind Of Ideal Or Stereotype. And It's A Natural Inclination In A World Where It's So Complex And So Occasionally Valueless, Morally Bankrupt, And Chaotic That We Want To Reach Back To Something In Our Past.

You Rarely Get A Tentpole That Has This Much Emotional Depth, This Much Character To Dive Into.

I Have Some Favorites. I Love Chaplin; I Mean I Really Love Chaplin. I Just Think There's A Grace And An Elegance That's Almost Never Been Matched.

Any Director, If You Really Ask Them, Will Tell You That The Toughest Thing To Do Is Like A Dinner Table Or A Dialogue Scene Because You Need To Keep That Electricity Maintained Throughout The Course Of The Film.