And that's just what I'm saying. I would never want to be like certain people, who change the way they dress, go out in disguise, wear a big floppy hat and dark shades. I would hate that.

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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...

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...

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...

People can't help how they look.

People can't help how they look.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

As Mark Weiner puts it, whether you gain 50 pounds or lose 50 pounds, whether...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

With Storytelling, at least, it's explicit: this is what the censors say American citizens, no...

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...

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 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....

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...

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.

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...