A Prairie Home Companion. |
And I said, |
And I said, 'No. You either give this film back to me, or you don't.' I said, 'I've gone through that, I've gone through all this collaboration process.' And they gave it back to me, and I finished the film and delivered it to them. |
And I said, 'You know, we should do your show, and you should write it. Because it's your humor, it's your sensibility. It's not mine.' And I've tried very hard to do his stuff rather than my own, |
As a longtime Keillor fan, I'm thrilled to be doing this project with him, |
as long as I last and as long as people allow me to do it. |
Every time we try to turn the lights up, they say, 'Turn 'em down!' |
Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes. |
How dare we continue to show this kind of mass destruction in movies, |
I always thought this kind of award meant that it was over. I'm here, I think, under false pretences. I think I have to become straight with you. Ten years ago, 11 years ago I had a heart transplant, a total heart transplant. |
I don't know what a best director is, except that (it is) someone who stands in the same space with the best actors, ... I feel that they do the work and I get to watch. And nothing is better than that. |
I just think it's wrong and destructive, |
I look at [the award] as a nod to all of my films. To me, I've just made one long film. I know some of you have liked some of these sections. And others, well, that's all right. |
I think these awards are wonderful. Cinema should get more international. The fine boundary lines don't really exist any more. |
I'm here, I think, under kind of false pretenses, and I think I have to become straight with you. Ten years ago, 11 years ago, I had a heart transplant -- a total heart transplant. I got the heart of, I think, a young woman who was about in her late 30s. So, by that calculation, you may be giving me this award too early, because I think I got about 40 years left on it -- and I intend to use it. |