Regarding his commitment to directing Jarhead (2005) without a personal soldiering background: "This is new territory to me, but I hadn`t spent two days in American suburbia when I directed American Beauty (1999). I only knew the script had an unusual and...
My process is slow and I enjoy it too much to rush. And I like to return to the theater between films. But after not doing any movies for a few years, perhaps I might do two in two years.
Regarding the different reactions of Europeans and Americans to his film, "Jarhead" (2005): "I feel they`ve understood in Europe. In America, it`s like talking about a different movie. Fundamentally, Jarhead disobeys all the laws of American movies, and n...