I think there are more films being made, but there are probably less outlets for them and distributors.

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I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

I worked offshore as an oil worker for a couple of years.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

I want to make a film about a factory worker.

The truth will only be told over a career.

The truth will only be told over a career.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

It's luck that one thing works out and one doesn't, it's sort of happenstance.

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

Everyone is encouraged to see their lives, the world through the eyes of the rich.

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock,...

I do find myself at the moment, due to the success of School of Rock,...

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so...

I've never been a guy who had more than a toe in Hollywood anyway, so...

Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to...

Yes, but Hollywood is the strangest place in that they'll torpedo their own film to...

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

I think you get in trouble if you make experimental big studio films.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

I've always liked the minds of criminals, they seem similar to artists.

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

I always sensed instinctively from the earliest age that I was being lied to.

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as...

Before Sunrise did very well internationally. It made as much in Italy and Korea as...

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I...

I lost a year or two in there, trying to get films financed that I...

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on...

The worst thing is that you used to be able to show interesting films on...

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't...

I think I got really lucky with Slacker. That was a film that probably shouldn't...

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

It's disappointing to see films become pure entertainment, so that it's not an art form.

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I...

I did The Newton Boys and during the whole process of making the film, I...

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's...

No one is asking what happened to all the homeless. No one cares, because it's...

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

Filmmakers are going to make films, just like painters are going to paint.

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last...

Something about Texas I'm not proud of is that our state murdered 37 people last...