It's A Sad And Beautiful World.

Now In The States If You Look At The Tv, You See The Advertisements, The Tv Programmes, The Pop Videos, And The Movies, They're All The Same Style. I Think It's Very Condescending To The Audience To Assume They Only Have A Three Second Attention Span And So They Don't Leave Anything On The Screen For Any Longer. I Don't Understand That.

If You Go Into A Bar In Most Places In America And Even Say The Word Poetry, You'll Probably Get Beaten Up. But Poetry Is A Really Strong, Beautiful Form To Me, And A Lot Of Innovation In Language Comes From Poetry.

No Mistakes Can Be Make During Rehearsals, Only Progress Toward What Works Best.

As Soon As You Start Making A Film That's Expensive Then The Studio Wants Total Control Over All Elements Of It Because They Want To Get All Their Money Back. If You Make A Smaller Film You Can Try A Lot More Things Because You Can Have Control Over It And Not Just Be A Hired Director. The Lower The Budget The More Freedom You Have.

I Like To Rehearse With The Actors Scenes That Are Not In The Script And Will Not Be In The Film Because What We're Really Doing Is Trying To Establish Their Character, And Good Acting To Me Is About Reacting.