To be modern is to tear the soul out of every thing
I respect BMW for not interfering in these projects. They're just trying to support short films with their brand, which I think is great.
All my films have always been released in the autumn, maybe because they're more melancholy to people.
I always think politicians and even my dentist have more egos than actors.
I just wanted to show the migrants as complex humans with flaws and weakness, with good and bad things, and show that they're parents and family men. I wanted to show them with everything, as they are.
When I went to university, I finally got exposed to European films, and they had a strong impact on me. I felt those films had a lot of things to say that weren't getting expressed in the films I was used to seeing.
I don't have anything against commercials, and I really like BMWs.
What unites us as human beings is an urge for happiness which at heart is a yearning for union.
But look, I cleared out all y’all that got in the wayAnd y’all knew that I was ill, but now my doctor is Dre
Criticism ultimately at some degree is about the writer and not the subject. It's very easy if everybody else says, "He's a genius," to echo that, but then you're not functioning as a critic or as a writer in any meaningful way. You've got to take the risk of being wrong.
I tell my staff, we're riding a tour bus around, and we're going to stop and look at some weird stuff - but we're taking our viewers around safely. They're just looking out the window at it. I'm trying to create a sense of comfort for my center audience.