Film Is A Collective Experience, As You

With A Movie You're Creating From The Beginning This Particular Work, Let's Not Call It Work Of Art, Because Very Few Movies Are Works Of Art, Let's Just Call Them Bits Of Popular Culture, Whatever They Are, Sometimes Very Rarely By Accident A Movie Becomes A Work Of Art.

People Aren't Interested In Paying $10 Or $12 To Go To The Movies And To Be Lectured To Politically. I'm Not Either. So I Don't Try To Make Those Kinds Of Films.

But, I've Made Films In Japan, In Yugoslavia, All Over Europe, All Over The United States, Mexico, But Not Hollywood.

There Isn't Any Question That Hollywood Is Profit Driven. Anybody That Thinks It Isn't Is A Fool. It's A Business. Hollywood Was Never Philanthropy. The Only Purpose It Had Was Making Money; The Only Purpose It Still Has Is To Make Money.

Burt Lancaster Was Largely Responsible For Me Becoming A Director.