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When I Want To Show The Kind Of Meanness People Are Capable Of, To Make It Believable I Find I Have To Tone It Down. It's In Real Life That People Are Over The Top.

It Is True That The Movie Is Perhaps My Most Politically-charged. The Story Is Thrust Into Motion By The Idea Of What Do You Do When Your 13 Year Old Daughter Comes Home Pregnant. And Not Only Is She Pregnant, But She Wants To Keep The Baby.

Compromise Is Part And Parcel Of Making A Movie. It's A Question Of The Kinds Of Compromises That You Have To Make.

Some People Will Of Course Accuse Me Of Misanthropy And Cynicism. I Can't Celebrate Humanity But I'm Not Out To Indict It Either. I Just Want To Expose Certain Truths.

For Me, New Jersey Is Kind Of A Mythical Place. It's Emblematic Of A Certain Aspect Of American Life. Florida Is The Same Way. It's Where People Go To Recreate, To Reinvent Themselves. It's What California Used To Be. I Think Florida Is Still A Place To Erase The Past.