Making A Film Is To Make Sure

Eating Everything You Want Is Not That Much Fun. When You Live A Life With No Boundaries, There's Less Joy. If You Can Eat Anything You Want To, What's The Fun In Eating Anything You Want To?

If You Can Feel Like A Good Man In Your 40s, You Can Feel Like A Better Man In Your 50s, A Superman In Your 60s, And Maybe A Spider-man In Your 70s.

Now, Learning How To Make A Movie Is Something You Can Figure Out In About An Afternoon. The Physics Of It, The Marks, The Lights, Etc. What's Hard To Do Is To Suspend Your Own Feelings Of Self Consciousness. The Natural Actors Can Do That; They Can Become Part Of A Characterization And Learn How To Maintain It.

But The Battles Against Loneliness That I Fought When I Was 16 Are Very Different From Those I Fought When I Was 27, And Those Are Very Different From The Ones I Fight At 44.

Prior To Saving Private Ryan I Never Worked With Men. I Was Always Working With Some Babe, And It Was Always About Falling In Love, And It Just Got Turned Around. I'm Not Looking For Any Particular Kind Of Story. I Wait Until It Comes Across My Desk.