The Thing That's Very Close In The

The First Instinct Is Love.

What Happens Is Things Come To You - Director, Script - And If You Respond To It, It's Because It's Tapping Into Some Part Of What's Inside You, And Different Roles Tap Into Different Parts.

One Of The Reasons People Sell Out So Quickly Is Because Even The Talented Think They're Frauds. It's A Culture That Doesn't Encourage People To Believe In The Work They Do. You're Told To Second-guess Yourself All The Time. That's Where I Think A Little Hostility And Arrogance Can Save You. And I've Never Been Lacking For Either.

Rebel Is Just As Bad A Word As Maturity.

A Clearer And More Conventional Narrative Would Have Helped The Film Without, In My Opinion, Lessening Its Beauty And Its Impact. Frankly, I'm Still Trying To Figure Out What I'm Doing There And What I Was Supposed To Add In That Context! What's More, Terry Malick Himself Never Managed To Explain It To Me Clearly.