We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price.

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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;...

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...

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.

It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you...

It's a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you...

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...

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...

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box.

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...

I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.

I guess it beats throwing trash for a living.

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...

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...

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...

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...

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

We create monsters and then we can't control them.

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous...

The question is: Where would it get you if something that's a little bit ambiguous...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...