I mean, there are many other directors who are probably both more skilled and excited to adapt novels or work within certain genre conventions. I'd like to do that kind of work someday, but for better or worse I'm too drawn by my own material.
Todd SolondzThe funny thing is, strangers still seem to feel comfortable coming up to me and saying things, but now usually itโs because they recognize me, and they say nice things.
Todd SolondzI admit thereโs an element of brutality in all my work - itโs part of the truth about human existence I always want to explore - but the last thing Iโm trying to do is put on some kind of freak show, inviting people to get off on other peopleโs pain and humiliation.
Todd SolondzThe ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence. So intelligence is a hard thing to evaluate and it manifests itself in so many different ways. I do think the ability to know how to live a life and not be miserable is a sign of that.
Todd SolondzWhat's most insidious about MTV is that it commodifies precisely those things that young people believe are subversive. In other words, subversity itself has become a commodity. It's all a way to trick young people into believing that there's something unique about what they do, but this is all completely a corporately designed maneuver.
Todd Solondz