Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

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My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but...

My first instinct was to cast as close to the short story as possible, but...

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically....

Not taboo - it's just that straight actors still risk their careers commercially and economically....

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an...

So many times you see beautiful lovemaking scenes with a lot of exposure or an...

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie,...

I did a women's movie, and I'm not a woman. I did a gay movie,...

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have...

On a Chinese film you just give orders, no one questions you. Here, you have...

To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in...

To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in...

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more...

Directing, I get all kinds of inspiration. It's working with people. It's a lot more...

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate...

In the past I've made movies that were pretty universally liked. You can't really hate...

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting...

I think the book struck me in a few ways that I thought very interesting...

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for...

When I have a full schedule like that, I don't see myself sitting there for...

I am a shy person.

I am a shy person.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

Now I'm kind of established as a director, I much prefer directing to writing.

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman....

The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman....

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that...

Sometimes films ignore other points of view because it's simpler to tell the story that...

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just...

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just...

I think people are universal.

I think people are universal.

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite...

I wanted to shoot straight, mainstream, somehow off-beat. Not only realistic West, which is quite...

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty...

I think the American West really attracts me because it's romantic. The desert, the empty...

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted...

Meanwhile, the Ice Storm was still in development, And that was something I really wanted...

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.

When there is a strong woman character in a story - that always grabs me.