It is something of a comedy there. Of course it’s all very dicey. I mean everything’s fraught with ambiguity here and exactly who is exploiting whom and the relationships that are set up are never as–you can’t grasp it quite as readily as you might initially hope to do...The title has its obvious irony but what interests me is what's not ironic about it. There is the consumer friendly happiness of "Buy this car, buy this refrigerator, you will be happy," which is a very superficial, transient kind of experience. But there's another kind of happiness that is divorced from American pop culture that's really akin to joy in a transfiguring sense and is something that we all aspire to in a real way...
I’m enjoying talking to you, I’m smiling as I chat with you... It’s also nice to be surprised to discover that you’re smiling. Certainly there’s nothing more unpleasant than forcing a smile and imposing it on them when it’s not naturally generated...
think happiness does exist. I believe there are people who genuinely have a gift for it.
I HATE MAKING MOVIES. I don't think I was cut out to be a director. No, the process is always assaultive and nightmarish and horrible. If I'm going to make another movie, I just have to make sure it's worth putting myself through this........................................................ ........................................ While were on the subject. I have directed "Fear, Anxiety and Depression," "Welcome to the Dollhouse," "Happiness," "Storytelling" and soon to be "Palindrome."