It's hard to pay attention these days because of multiple affects of the information technology nowadays. You tend to develop a faster, speedier mind, but I don't think it's necessarily broader or smarter.

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Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Whereas money is a means to an end for a filmmaker, to the corporate mind...

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what...

Generally speaking, I went through that. I came to a place where I realised what...

He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out...

He's meant to be that classic Homer, Ulysses, Hercules - a character who goes out...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

What I would do is when I was younger I would draw in a sketch...

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have...

Well first of all it's a business and it's a tough business, and you have...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things...

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Sundance was started as a mechanism for the discovery of new voices and new talent.

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

Because, you know, you're in Utah. And because of its political conservatism, if you can...

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

Golf has become so manicured, so perfect. The greens, the fairways. I don't like golf...

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

Never revisit the past, that's dangerous. You know, move on.

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

I did not, like my children and people today, grow up with television as part...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

Usually I like to improvise. Sometimes, depending on the nature of the piece, I like...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense...

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to...

Radio, newspapers, they were normal parts of my life. In those days, you had to...

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Filmgoers are starved for new ideas, voices and visions.

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

Ideas aren't real estate, they grow collectively and that knocks out the egotistical loneliness that...

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

We do not own this place, we are just passengers

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

In fact you've got your hands tied behind your back when somebody chooses to take...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

I am a cynical optimist. Big opening weekends are like cotton candy. The films you...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...

The technology available for film-making now is incredible, but I am a big believer that...