Malick Quotes

(On working in films) "It`s all about narcissism. Terrence Malick called it `sanctioned vanity`. Everything is attended to. Would you like some Perrier? Anything we can do? May we throw ourselves on the ground in front of you? This unbelievable barrage of indulgence".

I guess what Judd Apatow is to me, is what Terrence Malick is to David Gordon Green. They`re just good friends.

(Terrence Malick) is a guy who sees his movies and thinks, `I would have done that differently.` I see mine and say, `Given the circumstances, that`s what I did and that`s what I`d do again.` I don`t know how much of a free-will guy I am.

On Terrence Malick, whom he admires: It`s so strange; I never knew what happened to him. I saw Richard Gere in New Orleans one time, and I said, "What ever happened to Terry Malick?" And he said, "Everybody asks me that." He said, "I have no idea." But later on I met Terry. And he just - he just decided that he didn`t want to live that life. Or so he told me. He just didn`t want to live the life. It wasn`t that he didn`t like the films. It`s just, if you could do it without living in Hollywood ...