On Others
On Rebecca Gilman (Playwright, Blue Surge)
"I had done a reading a while back for her play The Glory of Living and so I knew her work and I loved it already. I love her dialogue because, for one thing, no one ever seems to say, just like in real life, exactly what they mean." (2002, Playbill interview by Ernio Hernandez)
On Larry Clark (Director, Bully)
"When I read the book I thought if anyone was going to tell the story right, it would be Larry. But I really had to trust him ..." (2002, i-D Magazine Interview by Glenn Waldron)
"I was very impressed by Kids and I instantly trusted his vision." (2002, The Face Magazine, UK)
"He has a beautiful eye. He sees beauty in imperfection. A lot of people are uncomfortable not with how he sees, but how they see." (2001, Nylon Magazine, interview by Tamara Ikenberg)
"[He] has a way of observing with his camera. He watches without judgment -- and without glorifying. I think I probably might have shied away from this project if I had not known Larry was doing it." (2001, File Magazine, Interview by Simon Dumenco)
"I was worried by how that story can be taken by people. I didn't want these kids to be glorified." "When I learned that Larry [Clark] was doing it, I thought he would do it right, because he has a kind of nonjudgmental, truthful eye, and at the same time, he showed the kids as being non-attractive, not smart people, not cool. They weren't something that other kids ... would want to be like." (2001, CNN interview by Lori Blackman)
"Maybe you have to watch what you put out there but, at the same time, I think it's necessary to face things. The reason that this murder happened was that people ignored everything that was going on." (2002, i-D Magazine Interview by Glenn Waldron)
"But I think Larry's far too moral for that; it's much more moral to see a murder that makes you squirm. He doesn't make the kids look pretty; although he does have a way of seeing beauty in ugliness."(2002, i-D Magazine Interview by Glenn Waldron)
[On his working with actors] "... he's really wonderful because he has a... a great balance between giving input and listening. And he only gives input when it's necessary. ... He knows when to let you go and just try your... try your own thing." (2000/2001, Bully DVD interviews)
"He knows each of us. He talks to each of us very differently and he knows exactly how to talk to us. And it's really fun to watch, how he does that." (2000/2001, Bully DVD interviews)
On Bijou Phillips (Co-star, Bully)
"It was very interesting to finally meet the person who broke up my marriage, right? Some papers said that Bijou and I were having an affair and I left my husband for her -- but I'd actually never met her." (2001, File Magazine, Interview by Simon Dumenco)