I'm A Grinder. I'll Beat You Because

American Movie Audiences Now Just Don’t Seem To Be Very Interested In Any Kind Of Ambiguity Or Any Kind Of Real Complexity Of Character Or Narrative - I’m Talking In Large Numbers, There Are Always Some, But Enough To Make Hits Out Of Movies That Have Those Qualities. I Think Those Qualities Are Now Being Seen On Television And That People Who Want To See Stories That Have Those Kinds Of Qualities Are Watching Television.

The Great Thing About The Business Is How Darwinian It Is. We Have To Swim Or Die - If You Are Found Wanting Over A Period Of Time, You've Either Got To Change What You're Doing Or Find Something Else To Do.

Your Take On Things Is What Is Either Going To Make You Somebody People Talk About Or No.

That's Why My Attitude, Even On My Larger-scale Movies, Is To Make Them Cheap. The Less These Things Cost, The Better For Everybody.

If You're Not Smart Enough To Know What Fidel Meant During The Cuban Revolution, That - When They Were On The Granma - Fidel Was Already A Rock Star In Cuba, And How Important That Was To The Indigenous Population, Then You're Not Paying Attention.