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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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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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;...

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 it beats throwing trash for a living.

I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.

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.