The Brief Flashbacks Are Sun-kissed, Summery And

American Movie Audiences Now Just Don’t Seem To Be Very Interested In Any Kind Of Ambiguity Or Any Kind Of Real Complexity Of Character Or Narrative - I’m Talking In Large Numbers, There Are Always Some, But Enough To Make Hits Out Of Movies That Have Those Qualities. I Think Those Qualities Are Now Being Seen On Television And That People Who Want To See Stories That Have Those Kinds Of Qualities Are Watching Television.

Everything Is The Director's Fault - You Can Quote Me On That. There Are No Excuses.

Sometimes I Might Feel Like [a Movie] Is Kind Of A Weird Idea And If I'm Going To Get Enough Money To Execute It Properly I've Got To Get Somebody In It That Is Going To Justify The Expense.

Everybody, Including Me, Has To Submit To What It Needs To Be. The Thing Is At The Top Of The Pyramid, The Best Version Of The Thing; We All Have To Serve That. You Forget That At Your Own Risk. And I Think Movies Are Too Long, In General.

Nobody's Talking About Movies The Way They're Talking About Their Favorite Tv Shows.