Stay Innocent. I'm 69 Years Old, And

I Probably Have Genius. But No Talent.

I Wanted To Be A Film Student Again, As A Man In My 60s. To Go Someplace Alone And See What You Can Cook Up, With Non-existent Budgets. I Didn't Want To Be Surrounded By Comforts And Colleagues, Which You Have When When You're A Big Time Director. I Wanted To Write Personal Works.

Always Make Your Work Be Personal. And, You Never Have To Lie... There Is Something We Know That's Connected With Beauty And Truth. There Is Something Ancient. We Know That Art Is About Beauty, And Therefore It Has To Be About Truth.

You Have To Really Be Courageous About Your Instincts And Your Ideas. Otherwise You'll Just Knuckle Under, And Things That Might Have Been Memorable Will Be Lost.

I Gladly, I Voluntarily Gave Up The Kind Of Commercial Film Career I Had Going As Soon As I Had Enough Money To Finance My Own Films. I Didn't Make That Money Necessarily From The Film Business, But I Eventually Made A Lot Of Money And That's What I Do. Of Course, I Consider Myself Unbelievably Fortunate, And I'm Pretty Content With My Life.