A Film Is - Or Should Be

The Director's Job Is To Know What Emotional Statement He Wants A Character To Convey In His Scene Or His Line, And To Exercise Taste And Judgment In Helping The Actor Give His Best Possible Performance.

If Gary Cooper And Henry Fonda Had A Baby, It Would Be Matthew Modine.

I've Got A Peculiar Weakness For Criminals And Artists. Neither Takes Life As It Is. Any Tragic Story Has To Be In Conflict With Things As They Are.

It's A Passion When You're Doing It For Other People And You're Doing It For The People Around You Making The Film And The People Who Are Going To See The Film, And The Giving. When You Start Thinking About You Doing It For Some Sort Of Self-gain, Then I Think It Becomes An Obsession. It Becomes A Negative Experience.

Bad Films Gave Me The Courage To Try Making A Movie