Usually the audience has no idea that the censored version of whatever movie they're watching isn't the original.

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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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

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 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...

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

Well, so far, at least, my own ideas always take priority over those of other...

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...

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

Optimism is not inherently a superior way of viewing the world. Certainly doctors will say...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

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...