Wong Kar-wai Is A Really Great Inspiration.

The Things That Inform Student Culture Are Created And Controlled By The Unseen Culture, The Sociological Aspects Of Our Climbing Culture, Our 'me' Generation, Our Yuppie Culture, Our Suvs, Or, You Know, Shopping Culture, Our War Culture.

Free Time Keeps Me Going.

In Rare Cases, I've Had Music Before I Shot The Movie. I Think That For 'good Will Hunting' I Had An Elliot Smith Record Or A Couple Of Them And I Just Somehow Felt Like The Sound Had Something To It That Reminded Me Of The Story. So In That Case There Was Music Beforehand.

As I Do With Most Films, I Try And Find Some Music That You Could Use Throughout, Not Just A Sampling Of Lots Of Different Artists.

I Try To Shoot The First Rehearsal Because People Are More Spontaneous. People In Real Life Don't Really Know Where They Are Going To Be Either Positioning Themselves Or How They Will Be Saying Their Words. When People Goof During The First Take, It Usually Looks Realistic.