Alan Rudolph quotes:

It's part of the general global hypnotism to accept lies as the new truth.

Human identity is the most fragile thing that we have, and it's often only found in moments of truth.

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.

So one of the most unique things on screen in American movies today is everyday behavior.

Anyway, I just haven't been able to find any humanity in any Republican candidate ever in my entire life.

I'm me, I live from film to mouth.

It's always been my formula to get the next picture set up before anyone's seen the last one.

Well, visual language is another boring discussion about the nature of film.

You learn real early to make a film and then duck, and basically that's how I go about it.

You know, sometimes I feel like I walk around with a target on my back with the films I make.

Ever since I was a kid, I just loved those comedians on TV who would just have fun with the language.

Everything's a film idea if this is what you do.I've always been secretly confident that I'd never run out of ideas,because I've never had any. I just live my life, see things theway I do, and I'm just looking for a notion to hang it all on.

You know, our sense of individuality is just the number one target of civilization.