Learn To Say, “i Don’t

Children Make You Confront Your Own Childhood. Which I Think Is Common. Suddenly You're Remembering Your Own Parents As Parents, Not To Mention The Fact That You're Confronted By Them As Grandparents. So You Also Have That Terrible Shock, A Mirror Image Of Your Own. You Suddenly Seem To Be So Helpless In The Face Of Young Children. And You Think, "how Did You Ever Bring Up Me?"

I Suppose Once In A While, A Filmmaker Makes A Movie That's More Than Just A Sum Of Its Parts, More Than Good Acting Or Good Filmmaking. It's Something Else That Has Nothing To Do With What You've Done. This Is In 1999, Made By People In 1999 For People In 1999 About People In 1999.

You Think About Taking Audiences On A Journey.

The Moment You Have Kids, You Are Prey To Judgment, But You Also Become A Judge. You Find Yourself Going, "can You Believe What She Did With Such-and-such?" At School.

The Perceived Wisdom Is That People Do Not Go In Large Numbers To Black-and-white Movies Anymore - Which Is A Great Shame, But I'd Love To Make A Black-and-white Movie One Day.