Classicism Becomes Avant-garde When Everyone Else Is

I've Never Let Producers Tell Me What To Do. Even When I Was Making Television, I Always Did What I Wanted To Do, And If I Couldn't, I Didn't Do It. It Was A Freedom That, These Days, Young Directors Starting Out Don't Have.

Like Every Filmmaker, I Make My Films To Reach The Widest Audience Possible.

The Difficulty, Then, Is When You Create A Church, An Institution, And You Create A Dogma. When You Create An Ideology, That's The Danger. Communism, Too, Is A Beautiful Idea, But Millions Of People Died When Communism Became An Ideology.

My Mother As A Young Girl Went Out With A Young Ss Officer And She Didn't Really Know What Was Going On - She Just Liked The Uniform. When He Told Her About The Things That He Did, She Was Disgusted And Broke Up With Him.

Even The Most Elitist Director Or Author Who Claims That He Doesn't Care If His Works Are Seen Or Not, Then I Have To Think That He's Either A Liar Or A Hypocrite.