How would you describe Enid's journey through the film?
She flip-flops constantly, and she goes through some interesting relationships. She separates from her best friend, and develops a relationship with Steve Buscemi's character - he's the geek. If there was ever one nerd, it was him. She takes pity on him, and finds him interesting in the fact that he's so pathetic. Eventually, she comes to sympathise with him, and understand him, and appreciate that he's different.
You shot "Ghost World" right after "American Beauty" won its Oscars. Was that a good thing?
Yeah. Shooting "Ghost World" enabled me to really let go. Working the circuit - or the circus - kept me within that whole fuzzy grey area, but the character in "Ghost World" snapped me out of it. She's completely different. She says what she feels and has a very odd look at the world. Her sense of humour is more developed. She's older, and yet younger in some way. With "American Beauty", I didn't even have a chance to sit down and analyse how I felt about the success of it. That was nice. I'm glad that happened. It was definitely time for me to get back to work. You get into a groove. You find yourself meeting the same people at the same type of shows.
It seems like you're making some really interesting and intelligent choices...
I'm trying. I try to only do things that I'm really very passionate about and roles that I'm intrigued by, or that I think are a little different, or that I could bring something new to.
Director Terry Zwigoff discusses his vision for the film.
"Ghost World" is out in UK cinemas on Friday 16th November 2001.
