I Don't Think People Are Interested In

While We Have A Very Strong Popular Culture, The Roots Of American Culture Are Very Shallow, And We Put Emphasis On How A Movie Does As Far As The Box Office Goes. Many Years Ago, It Would Have Been Vulgar To Print Box - Office Grosses In The Paper. Now The New York Times Does It, And It's The Big Story For People Interested In Arts And Entertainment On Monday. Which Is Why Emphasis Has Shifted Away From Filmmakers And Fallen On Movie Stars And Business People.

Film Is An Editor's Medium. You Can Create Very Good Raw Material And They Can Make It Horrible, Or You Can Do Not So Well And They Can Make It Beautiful. You Don't Really Know.

In My Experience, Sometimes A Movie Just Hits At The Wrong Time, Gets The Wrong Press, Or Gets The Wrong Representation, And It Gets Misunderstood.

Let's Hope I Never End Up On A Deserted Island, Because I Could Never Make A Decision On Which Three Cds To Take With Me.

If You Get Stuck And It Feels A Little Stiff, Then You Do Have To Mess It Up To Find It. But Other Times It's Really Written And You Just Stick To Your Guns And Do It As Elegantly And As Concentrated And As Committed As You Can.