Maybe our telling of the story wasn't as clear as it should have been, but I don't think that's true. In terms of understanding the story, it comes across.

Quote by Joel Coen

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Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the...

Other kinds of movie stars, it's a different thing, they bring their persona to the...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're...

I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a...

You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a...

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...

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...