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Well, I Was Born And Raised In The Midwest, In Indiana Specifically, And My Childhood Was Full Of Weekend Movies, You Know, The Saturday And Sunday Popcorn Movies.

You Are Not An Active Creator Of The Film.

Burt Lancaster Was Largely Responsible For Me Becoming A Director.

Most Human Beings Who Are Accustomed To Attempting To See The World From Various Points Of View Tend To Be More Liberal Than Conservative. I Have One Life. I Am A Certain Age. I'm Married To One Person. I Have A Certain Number Of Children. I Won't Have Another Life Other Than That, But I Do Have Many Lives Through The Films. It's A Way For Me To Understand What It's Like To Be A Murderer, To Confess, To Be A Beaten Wife, To Be A Minority, To Be A Victor, To Get The Girl, To Lose The Girl. I Can Do All Of That Through The Practice Of An Art Form.

I Mean, I Don't Know Anything Else That I Would Try To Do, But It's A Very Frustrating Thing To Do, Because You Are Trying To Take What's A Fantasy In Your Head And Make It Live Through The Minds Of 200 People.