People can't help how they look.

Quote by Todd Solondz

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All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

All I mean is, I'm not the kind of audience comedy directors want at a...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which...

When I'm asked who my audience is, I say someone with an open mind, which...

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.

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...

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...

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...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

So far, at least, I haven't found a way to tell my kind of stories...

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...

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....

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

Narcissism and self-deception are survival mechanisms without which many of us might just jump off...

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.

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching...

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...

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...