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A Lot Of The Young People Make Beautiful Films Or Big Films Or Are Able To Finance Them, But They Can't Get Anyone To Distribute Them, They Can't Get Anyone To See Them, So They Go To These Thousands Of Film Festivals. So I Still Believe That Even Though A Young Kid Might Be Able To Make A Masterpiece Or Something That Changes The Direction Of Cinema, The Issue Of How To Get It To People Is Still Not Solved.

I Was A Pretty Shy, Lonely Kid. I Blossomed About Age 17, When I Went To College.

Without A Doubt, I Was Born To Want To Make Cinema, But The Kind Of Cinema I Want To Make Is Not Like Commercial Movies, Which I Enjoy Myself, But I Wanted To Be The Kind Of Filmmaker Who Wrote Original Work, Sort Of Like A Novelist Would Who Deals With Who We Are And Our Times Or Our Relationships.

Most Italians Who Came To This Country Are Very Patriotic. There Was This Exciting Possibility That If You Worked Real Hard, And You Loved Something, You Could Become Successful.

When I Was Sixteen Or Seventeen, I Wanted To Be A Writer. I Wanted To Be A Playwright. But Everything I Wrote, I Thought, Was Weak. And I Can Remember Falling Asleep In Tears Because I Had No Talent The Way I Wanted To Have.