Word: wa
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...WA: Absolutely. A lot of my films have been vicarious living out of things that for one reason or another, I couldn't realistically live out in my life. You know, when I do a film - wait, let me start this earlier. When I was a kid, having the same miserable life that every kid has, I could go into the movies and see a double feature - and instantly, I would be transported from a poor, lower middle class existence to penthouses and pirates. It was really amazing. And when I got older, I realized I could do this...
...WA: It's funny you mention that because that film wasn't an influence on this particular film, but it was one of the favorite films of my young manhood and it was a delightful film when it came out. This film was influenced really by two things - first, the Lubic kind of film because he's my favorite comic film director and also by Jackie Gleason. I'm such a great fan of the Honeymooners...
...WA: [pauses] You know, I see this kind of film - well, I see my work in general - as "failed art." I don't see this film as failed art, though. This film I just sort of had a funny idea for and I did it. But I'm from the "no pain, no gain" school. If a film is enjoyable to make and fun and comes easy to me, then I feel that it can't be worth much. I won't put a value on it until I've suffered through the film's making - until I've been...
...WA: I don't have enough control to strategize where I'm going with the films at all. I wish I did, but the truth of the matter is when I'm finished with a film, I have to come up with a new idea to make the next film. And if that idea is a light idea like Small Time Crooks, then I go with it. If it's a heavy idea like Interiors, then fine, I'll go with that. It doesn't have anything to do with my outside life, though - it doesn't really involve anything...
...WA: Let me first say more generally that I don't think that people change - what happens is that when you get a lot of money in life, who you really are comes out uninhibitedly. When I started in show business, the people that were nice stayed nice when they hit it big. The ones that weren't so nice gave free play to who they were when they got their wealth. The Winklers in this film are basically decent people. When they make their money, it really doesn't change them. They are who they are and it comes...