Don't let the difficulty of actually achieving a shot make you think that the shot is good.

Suffice to say that the theme (the WHAT of the movie) is going to determine the style (the HOW of the movie).

There are no personal revelations other than feelings arising from the work itself

There are no minor decisions in movie making. Each decision will either contribute to a good piece of work or bring the whole movie crashing down around my head many months later.

If I don't have a script I adore, I do one I like. If I don't have one I like, I do one that has an actor I like or that presents some technical challenge.

I don't know how to choose work that illuminates what my life is about. I don't know what my life is about and don't examine it. My life will define itself as I live it. The movies will define themselves as I make them. As long as the theme is something I care about at the moment, it's enough for me to start work. Maybe work itself is what my life is about.

There's no such thing as a small part. There are just small actors.