I've Become Friends With Michael Mann And

Cinema Paradiso, Because It Reminds Me Of Why I Make Movies, The Magic Of Movies, The Romance Of Movies.

I Only Pay To Take My Son To The Movies, Because Most Of The Time I Only Watch European Movies, Independent Movies, Or Screen Them Privately. But I Like To Go To Movies With My Son Because It's Still Fun; It Reminds Me Of Why I Make Movies.

You Want To Take Yourself Seriously, And You Want To Make Something That You Hope Will Have Resonance With The Audience. You Want To Bring Your Perspective And What You Consider Your Talent To That Piece Of Work, And You Move Forward In That Direction. Sometimes That's Easy, And Sometimes It's Met With Resistance Because You're Dealing With Situations Where, For Everybody Else, It's A Piece Of Business.

Tupac Shakur Is Something That, Of Course I Want To Make The Tupac Movie, I Love Tupac, But When That Movie Was Announced, We Didn't Even Have A Script Yet. It Was Just Being Written. People Announce Things Too Soon. If You Go To Any Filmmaker - Clint Eastwood, Oliver Stone, Martin Scorsese, Ben Affleck, Michael Mann - You Go In Their Offices And There Are Scripts Everywhere And There's About Four Or Five Of Them You Really Want To Make.

I Like Making Movies.