All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a test screening because I seldom laugh, and if I do, it's not very loud. That doesn't mean I don't like the movie.

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I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of...

I admit there's an element of brutality in all my work - it's part of...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

Part of it has to do with this business of being approached in public. I...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

It is true that the movie is perhaps my most politically-charged. The story is thrust...

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

One thing I want to say: I don't like victim stories and I don't write...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people,...

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

But you're right, I did think about acting more and then decided against it.

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make...

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders....

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

The funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

A palindrome is a word or pattern that instead of developing in different directions it...

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

When part of what you're trying to get at is the truth hidden under a...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited...

I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited...

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in...

But anonymity is very important to me, and I don't want to be recognized in...

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

In particular, people have trouble understanding where I stand in relation to my characters, and...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

Storytelling is the only studio movie where the censorship is perfectly clear, the only studio...

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.

Casting is everything. If you get the right people they make you look good.

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...

I mean, I don't want to sound - of course it's very nice, people come...