I don't want all of American cinema to be big cartoons that are just made to be digested by the entire world.
They say you can do honest, sincere work for decades, but you're given in general a 10-year period when what you do touches the zeitgeist - when you're relevant. And I'm aware of that, and I don't want my time to go by.
I like voice-over in films, and most of my films have been voice-over films.
Life mixes tones all the time.
I think cynicism lasts. Sentimentality ages, dates quickly.
The most heinous shift in American films is that they reinforce good things like 'couples' and 'relationships.'