It`s a funny thing because you look at the careers of other filmmakers, and you see them sort of slow down, and you realize, maybe this becomes harder to do as you get older. That`s sort of a cautionary thing. I hope it doesn`t happen to me.
I`ve never really understood that. It`s a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable.
I`d be perfectly happy never to have to answer anything again about how I work with Ethan, or whether we have arguments, or... you know what I mean? I`ve been answering those questions for 20 years. I suppose it`s interesting to people.
I guess there`s a certain amount of poking fun at certain characters, but that`s because there is something amusing about them or about the way they behave, so I guess you can say that that`s poking fun at the character. But the character is your own inve...