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But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.
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Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.
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I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
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First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.
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I wanted to make these people real, not like they were in a painting. Like these are people who don't know they're in a period movie. Those concerns are incredibly immediate.
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If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.
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My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time.
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I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.
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And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.
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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?
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Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.
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I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.
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People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.
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My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.
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