If You're Going To Make A Movie

I Grew Up Mostly In The South, And There's Definitely Something About The South That's Different From The North. When People Ask Me Where I'm From, I Say Louisiana. I Spent More Years There Than Anywhere Else.

We All Get Outraged By Things And There Are Things That Make Us Angry And Maybe For A While We Get Angry Enough To Actually Go Do Something About It.

I Don't Consider Myself To Be Particularly Gifted In The Way That Other Filmmakers Are Gifted.

I'm Not Precious About Anything. The Effort It Took To Get Something Means Nothing To Me In Post. It Means Nothing To The Audience. I'll Chop Limbs Off. I'll Put An Arm Where A Leg Should Be. I'll Do Anything.

I Guess Why The Ocean's Films Are Hard For Me Is Because On The One Hand You Have To Make Sure The Performances Are There, But On The Other Hand It's A Film That Demands, To My Mind, A Very Layered And Complex Visual Scheme. That Takes A Lot Of Time To Figure Out.