Joel Coen | "It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

Joel Coen, American Director

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"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

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"I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out."

Fact

"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

Challenge

"Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there."

Movies

"You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people."

People

"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."

Fun

"These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one."

Work

"Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what they're trying to get, what they're struggling for. We have had the reaction where people leave the movie sort of uncomfortable and befuddled. Although that wasn't our intention."

People

"The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story."

Architecture

"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."

Age

"When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer."

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"It's almost like a genre rule: Don't Open The Box."

Author Name

Personal Development

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"I always admired Stanley Kubrick for the fact that he managed to beat the system somehow. I think he kind of had it all figured out."

Fact

"If the material is challenging, it forces you to challenge yourself when handling it."

Challenge

"Maybe there should be less of a mystique around making movies. I just don't think that there's any real mystery there."

Movies

"You're doing it to make the character as specific as possible, so that it's a specific individual that you're talking about, not that whole class of people."

People

"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."

Fun

"These things are hard to pin down. We work on a script a bit, then work on a different one."

Work

"Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what they're trying to get, what they're struggling for. We have had the reaction where people leave the movie sort of uncomfortable and befuddled. Although that wasn't our intention."

People

"The architecture of a story can be a little bit different if it's a true story."

Architecture

"Our mother was a very religious and observant Jew, our father less so. She was kind of driving the religious education, so for us it was more a burden and an obligation when we were kids at that age."

Age

"When you do a writing job for a studio, one of the things you want to do is satisfy the expectations of your employer. That's a little bit different than when you sit down and write something to satisfy yourself, because then you're the employer."

Expectation