I don't like telling people where I stand on this, although I'm surprised anybody wonders. I suppose if I say I'm pro-choice, if I make that clear, it let's the audience off the hook, then they can sort of relax.…

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

Some directors hardly talk to the actors at all.

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 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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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...