I've done it with Broadcast News-where there was no finish line, there was no agenda that I had to move all the characters to this point, that I was sort of open to what happens.
Directing is like putting together a collage.
Depression is a real demon in the woods for a lot of creative people, you know? It's part of what the documentary is trying to be about for me, finding balance, where the beauty that is attainable in the creative arts can be matched with the scratchy roughness of regular life.
You don't need other people to affirm that you're a valuable person.
The truth is that the more you get paid, the less freedom you have. They never pay you for nothing.
I have a daughter and the thing I wish for her is not love, fame, money or anything like that. It's just one great best friend. You know, if you have somebody that has your back, you're gonna be all right.
The older I get, the more obvious it is that you're not really in control of your life, you're a part of a larger wave, no matter who you are.
It's wonderful to climb the liquid mountains of the sky. Behind me and before me is God and I have no fears.
Are you looking into Joe Biden's supposed botox shots in his forehead?
Intellect doesn't translate across cultures; intuition does.
Blue jeans have gone around the world. But that's a product. We market blue jeans better, just as we market film better. But you can't tell me that if America didn't exist, the culture of movies wouldn't exist. It's not a distinctly American art form.