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Film Is Universal. All The Countries Of The World Are Making Films. Hollywood Is The Only Major Unsubsidized Center For Films. To My Knowledge All Others Are At Least Partially Subsidized. I'm Glad Hollywood Isn't.

All You Can Do Is Learn The Skills Of Movies. Neither Colleges Nor Anyone Else Can Teach You Creativity. They Can Teach You Abilities To Work With - You Know How To Use The Gifts You've Been Born With.

Automatic Simply Means That You Can?t Repair It Yourself.

There's Music In My Films But You Seldom Hear It. Very Early I Got The Idea That The Important Things In Films Were People - The Actors. They Are The Intermediary Between The Director And The Audience. They Make Direct Contact. People To People Communication.

Things Own You. That's The Trouble With Capitalism. Things Own You. With Communism And Fascism - Ideas Own You. One Idea And You Can't Have Any Other.