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I didn't go to film school so my learning was done out in public and showed up on the screen.


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When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.

When you're working on a script, every word that's on the page, somebody has to read it. Make every word count in your stories.



Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.

Everything I've made - it doesn't mean they've all been good - but everything I've made so far, big or little, fiction or documentary, has been something that I've been really enthusiastic about.



I'm guided by my enthusiasm.

I'm guided by my enthusiasm.



I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.

I also feel that the only thing more gratifying than working with someone who you've worked well with is working with someone new and coming up with something great.



If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.

If you're doing a music film, you've got to be singing about something.



I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.

I like finding a great shot and then just staying with it for a long time, not trying to pump things up with some kind of artificial energy by cutting.



It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.

It's a funny thing with documentary films - you want them to feel as entertaining and as gripping as a fictional film. With a fictional film you want it to feel as realistic as a documentary film.



I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.

I don't think of Storefront Hitchcock or Stop Making Sense as documentaries, I think of them more as performance films.



Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.



Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.

Music films are great, but they can never compete with a live performance. Live music is what it is. It's the whole point. You experience it in the moment.





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