Fear shuts off possibilities. The first thing that kicks in when you're reacting with fear. . . This … - John Hillcoat

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I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

John Hillcoat

Fear shuts off possibilities. The first thing that kicks in when you're reacting with fear. . . This is what I love about Roosevelt's quote, "There's nothing to fear but fear itself. "

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The problem with an economic meltdown is that the responsibility and the challenges to deal with the environment are squandered. That's an age-old battle in terms of the major conflicts in places like Afghanistan, etc. So there are age-old battles that'll keep going on. Unfortunately, man is a very slow learner, and we tend to repeat mistakes, as opposed to learning from mistakes.

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If you're a horse in a race, if you don't have blinkers on, and you turn your head and look at the audience, you're just going to trip up and fall. So I tried to never get intimidated by McCarthy's legacy, and I tried to ignore.

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For me, all drama is based on conflict.

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One thing I love about Cormac McCarthy is the types of pressure he puts onto people. You see the best and the worst in people, you really see what humanity is made of, and I think that resonates in some way.

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I do love genres, but I love finding new ways into the genre, or making that world fresh again.

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