I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work.

Quote by Joel Coen

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When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want...

When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want...

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people...

People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people...

If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.

If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it.

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending...

I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending...

We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted...

We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted...

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was...

Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was...

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but...

Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but...

The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people...

The characters are the result of two things-first, we elaborate them into fairly well-defined people...

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think...

Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think...

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest...

And when you see it the first time you put the film together, the roughest...

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do....

We have an uncanny ability to make birds do what we want them to do....

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you...

I guess everything having to do with your background has some influence on how you...

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is...

We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is...

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars...

The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars...

You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

You see a moral in them? Do we have morals?

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then...

These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then...

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level;...

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level;...

Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what...

Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what...

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system...

I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system...