“A film can be undermined by the person you’re seeing it with, there in the dark, a ripple effect of attitude, scene by scene, shot by shot.”
“In real life, you only get one shot at the homicide crime scene.”
“Sometimes instead of creating a scene it’s better to quietly slip out of the scene, practically unseen. It saves a lot of drama, unless of course you’re into more drama in your life, in which case, go ahead and make a scene, see what happens.”
“What I remember myself from films, and what I love about films, is specific scenes and characters.”
“[on Springsteen's "Stolen Car":] A kind of mystical film noir, written by Kafka and shot by Polanski.”
“Patience is good. It lengthens the scene so you can see what needs to be seen.”