You don't really grow up until you quit playing sports.
The pop culture tends to go to the lowest denominator, so cinema is in a weird place, due to its mass nature. It's diluted down to very little: simple stories and simple politics.
I remember when I made 'A Scanner Darkly,' going, 'I hope people see it in theater - but I think it's going to be seen in someone's room at two in the morning.' It's that kind of movie. And I would have loved if it had been available on multiple formats at the moment it opened.
I grew up in Huntsville, which is a main prison town. It's crazy. The conditions are so bad in prison, often, for the inmates.
The film culture has no room for ideas. The literary culture has some room, but not less than they should, and the academic culture has a lot, but there's no way to communicate it in a wide way.
Artists are great. They jump in.
I want cinema to be a part of my life. It's natural for me.
Maybe part of being a dad means that the slightest little thing will make me tear up.
I think they should make it a felony to criticise a film product. Particularly my film product. It's anti-American.
I'm interested in people forging their realities.
I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.
As I get older, my emotions are closer to the surface.
I have an uncomfortable groove, 'cause I have a lot of different kinds of stories to tell.
There are really a lot of dark shadings to a lot of my stuff.
I just love being on a movie set. I like making movies.
To jump from the indie ranks to play with the big dogs, there's a gate you have to pass through.
Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to prove an emotional point.
If you want to just make a good movie, if you don't enjoy every step and become a master of each little moment, then you shouldn't be doing it.
My working method has always been, 'Work really hard and get it right the first time.'
Every film's different; every story is so different. But I think I've always been attracted to try to take something minimal and to maximize it cinematically. To find out if I can I really go all the way with one idea.
