Well, I just think through your career you go through different phases, and I just got sort of uninspired by the whole studio process of making and releasing films.

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I do like directing other people's material.

I do like directing other people's material.

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream,...

That's what noir feels like to me. It feels like some kind of recurring dream,...

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

You know, I listen to contemporary music all the time.

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to...

So I like to try to go back and develop pure visual storytelling. Because to...

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these...

And we've become very doubtful of our information sources, because they're all controlled by these...

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

However, ironically, I was baptized Presbyterian, and went to a Quaker school for twelve years.

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting...

Godard is incredibly brilliant, the things he says. Apparently here in France, the most interesting...

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble...

I hadn't done just a straight-out comedy in a long time, just letting an ensemble...

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't...

But, number one, I think traditional noir doesn't work in contemporary storytelling because we don't...

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

It's always great to discover a new star of tomorrow.

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap...

I've dropped myself into straightforward character pieces in order to explore that form and reap...

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I...

I've been obsessed with this kind of visual storytelling for quite a while, and I...

I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

I don't see scarey films. I certainly wouldn't go see my films.

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment,...

Well, like any time you're shooting documentary stuff, you've got to be in the moment,...

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into...

I'm always looking for a kind of new musical entity to sort of move into...

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

You really are as hot as your last movie. And it goes away really quickly.

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out...

The real trouble with film school is that the people teaching are so far out...

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind...

Yeah, I had an idea to make a very scary movie, based on a kind...

If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that...

If anyone's been around some very long cocaine evenings, there's nothing that's in SCARFACE that...

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.

I've been sort of traveling around the country for ten years talking about independent features.