Filmmaking isn’t if you can just strap on a camera onto an actor, and steadicam, and point it at their face, and follow them through the movie, that is not what moviemaking is, that is not what it’s about. It’s not just about getting a performance. It’s also about the psychology of the cinematic moment, and the psychology of the presentation of that, of that window.

When you make the kind of movies I make, you get weird letters from people.

Some people go to the movies to be reminded that everything's okay. I don't make those kinds of movies.

You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them. You can make movies for a select audience, but you have to market it to them.