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

Quote by Joel Coen

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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...

When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do...

When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do...

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...

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...

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

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

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that...

Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that...

I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have...

I couldn't have been happier with the relationship we had with Disney, it couldn't have...

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...

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about...

Usually, I don't want to sit down and listen to the director gas on about...

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...

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...

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...

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone...

Sometimes, in certain stories, I think we know at the outset essentially what the tone...

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because...

I guess there's a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that's because...

The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true...

The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true...

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...

I'd be perfectly happy never to have to answer anything again about how I work...

I'd be perfectly happy never to have to answer anything again about how I work...

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...