I can go years without going to Los Angeles, but I think my living in Brooklyn is critical to my continuing to have a fairly happy life in the film industry.
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I grew up going to funerals and visiting people in nursing homes. I'm not as afraid of dealing with the dying as maybe some other people may be.
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Lucas is living the life that I wanted, but I want to be clear, I don't feel there's been any pressure for him to live it.
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If you get back into the beginner mindset, you can unearth an energy and a fire that I didn't know I could even still possess.
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Maudlin scenes where people pour their heart out to one another? I don't want to see it.
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The job in every re-write is to make it harder for your characters to get the thing that they need.
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I wanted to direct long before I'd even written a screenplay.
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The Orpheus myth is my favorite myth, and the prodigal son is my favorite parable.
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Black people are more likely to be incarcerated than white people. That's just a fact and it's regrettable and it's got to change.