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I Like Marginal Characters, I Like Real People. I Learn More From Talking To My Plumber When He Comes To Fix My Toilet Than I Do From Meeting A Movie Star. I Think My Movies Are In The Same Vein As That.

Cricket Makes No Sense To Me. I Find It Beautiful To Watch And I Like That They Break For Tea. That Is Very Cool, But I Don't Understand. My Friends From The Clash Tried To Explain It Years And Years Ago, But I Didn't Understand What They Were Talking About.

When I Studied With Nicholas Ray He Was Always Telling Us, "if You Want To Make Films, Watch A Lot Of Films, But Don't Just Watch Films, Go Take A Walk, Look At The Sky, Read A Book About Meteorology, Look At The Design Of People's Shoes. Because All Of Them Are Part Of Filmmaking." So I Thought, Perfect! That's A Good Job For Me.

I Hate Those Live Action Versions Of Animated Cartoons. It Ruins Everything, The Whole Point Of Cartoons Is To Get Away From Photographs. I Mean It Would Be Stupid To Say That Cartoons Are Better Than Photographs But Its True.

If Anyone Tells You There Is Only One Way, Their Way, Get As Far Away From Them As Possible, Both Physically And Philosophically.