Being non-commercial is never an ambition. Movies come together at different points for fortuitous reasons. You do them as you get the opportunity, as opposed to doing them when you choose to or design to.
I mean, Joel talks to the actors more than I do and I probably do production stuff a little more than he does.
We haven't had to defend anything to anybody.
We tend to do period stuff because it helps make it one step removed from boring everyday reality.
We wouldn't have done it if we didn't think we could have fun with it.
There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?
Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.
It's more interesting for me as an audience member to see a movie about a loser.
It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show in decades.
People respond to real problems from the heart.
It's tough being a Jew.
Whenever you're specific with ethnicity or religion, people find reason to take offence.
That cowboy look - the hat and the bandana - that's not a fashion statement. That clothing is purely practical.
Whatever faith you have, you have that crisis what am I doing?
You don't have to have a true story to make a true story movie.
It's very weird when people you know are in 'Star Wars.'
Mainstream movies used to be more adventurous because people went to them.
Oscars just ain't gonna do it for me anymore. I need the Nobel Peace Prize. The Oscars have worn off, man.
People are always curious about brothers working together.
Sergio Leone has this weird western opera thing.
Sometimes you can just hear the actor in the language.
That's interesting people deriving their identities from their music.
Two heads are better than none.
