Some people come out going, I don't get it. And I don't quite know what they're trying to get, what they're struggling for. We have had the reaction where people leave the movie sort of uncomfortable and befuddled. Although that wasn't our intention. Joel Coen befuddleintentionleave share on social
We've been remarkably lucky in that we've been free to make the movies we've wanted to make the way we've wanted to make them. They've all been made for a price. Joel Coen freehavelucky Change image and share on social
We create monsters and then we can't control them. Joel Coen controlcreatemonster Change image and share on social
I've never really understood that. It's a funny thing; people sometimes accuse us of condescending to our characters somehow-that to me is kind of inexplicable. Joel Coen accusecharactercondescend Change image and share on social
We don't have any rules about how we depict violence, or how much violence is in a movie. It's a calibration on a case-by-case basis. Joel Coen basiscalibrationcase Change image and share on social
Barton Fink got written very quickly, in about three weeks. I don't know what that means. Joel Coen bartonfinkmean Change image and share on social
You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way. I don't even know how you approach the process of conceiving the characters if in a sense you hated them. It's just absurd. Joel Coen absurdapproachcharacter share on social
I think when you watch the dailies, the film that you shoot every day, you're very excited by it and very optimistic about how it's going to work. Joel Coen dailydayexcite Change image and share on social
When we do a movie with the studios, they wouldn't be asking us to do it, I don't think, if it was a movie they wanted to get into themselves. What you see is what you get with us, so they let us do what we want to do. Joel Coen moviestudiowant share on social
People that have been interested in our work for awhile... those are the last people you want to disappoint. Joel Coen awhiledisappointinterest Change image and share on social
