All My Films Are All My Children.

At The Time, Sword And Sorcery Stories Were Quite Popular. There Were Female Warriors Waving Swords Around As Well, But The Genre Is Populated Entirely With People Who Have Absolutely No Responsibility To Anyone, So I Knew My Story Would Have To Be Completely Different From Any Of These.

When I Start Creating A Villain, I Start Liking The Villain And So The Villain Is Not Really Evil.

I Create Women Characters By Watching The Female Staff At My Studio. Half The Staff Are Women.

Well, Yes. I Believe That Children's Souls Are The Inheritors Of Historical Memory From Previous Generations. It's Just That As They Grow Older And Experience The Everyday World That Memory Sinks Lower And Lower. I Feel I Need To Make A Film That Reaches Down To That Level. If I Could Do That I Would Die Happy.

I Make Films As A Business, Not As A Cultural Endeavor.