My Films Ought To Be Judged On

You Mustn't Regret Decisions That You Make. Because The Decisions Are Made Out Of Your Gut In A Way And You Have To Stick With Them.

I Love Having Made A Film And Watching It When It Affects Audiences In A Positive Way. It Was Always Fun For Me To Hide In The Back Of A Theater And Watch Tootsie With An Audience And Hear Them Laugh. And It's Gratifying 20 Years Later To Imagine That They Still Can Find It Amusing.

I Personally Have Never Made A Movie In Hollywood, Because I Don't Want To Get Up In My Own Bed And Then Go To The Movie Set, And Then Come Home At Night To My Real Life.

Editing Feels Almost Like Sculpting Or A Form Of Continuing The Writing Process.

I Have To Have A Working Knowledge Of Light, And Optics, Film Emulsions And Their Properties, And Lenses, Otherwise I Can't Create The Shoots That Are The Vocabulary Of The Films. But It Is Not Necessary For Me To Be A Cameraman, I Can Hire A Cameraman.