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I Don't Think All Films Should Necessarily Look Like They Do On Digital Video. I Think It Cheats The Audience, At Some Point. If You Try To Make An Epic And You Shoot It Digitally, That Doesn't Make Much Sense. I Think There's A Certain Kind Of Film That Could Be A "digital Film." But It Shouldn't Be Interchangeable With Other Films. It Should Be Something More Than Just A Capture Medium. It Should Be A Different Form Altogether, Something New.

I Have A Lot Of Films That I Haven't Gotten Made, And That Continues To Trouble Me. But Someday, Some Way Or Another, I Think I Will. It's All About Timing. There's A Moment When You're Hot And Studios Will Make Your Next Film, And Then There's A Moment When You're Really Cold, And They Couldn't Care Less What You Want To Do Next. That's When You Have To Recede And Make Lower-budgeted Films.

I'm Lucky That I Get To Jump Around, Do A Big-budget Comedy And Then A Smaller Film. I Don't Even Make A Big Distinction Between Them. No One Believes This, But It's The Same. I'm The Same Person, Trying To Make It Work. I Just Love Being On A Movie Set. I Like Making Movies.

I've Always Been Most Interested In The Politics Of Everyday Life: Your Relation To Whatever You're Doing, Or What Your Ambitions Are, Where You Live, Where You Find Yourself In The Social Hierarchy.

Filmmakers Are Going To Make Films, Just Like Painters Are Going To Paint.