A lot of films need planning in order to survive at all. It's part of the dog and pony show

When I see these guys write all this macho stuff I want to smash their heads.

I play chess badly and I've been beaten by my 10-year old son

Games sometimes can reveal things. To watch someone in movement, unconscious movement, can be very stimulating and revealing, whether they win or not

The past has to inform the present...

Even people within a relationship can be really alone, and then have to go outside of it in order to find something, whatever it is. It may be very bizarre and maybe something very tender.

A lot of those people aren't their best salesmen. They're the opposite of a salesperson and I think there's something attractive about that.