The Photographer And The Director Are Where

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.

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.

I Remember Growing Up With Television, From The Time It Was Just A Test Pattern, With Maybe A Little Bit Of Programming Once In A While.

You're In A Profession In Which Absolutely Everybody Is Telling You Their Opinion, Which Is Different. That's One Of The Reasons George Lucas Never Directed Again.

When A Movie Is About To Come Out On Its Initial Debut, There Are A Lot Of People Involved - The Financiers, The Studio And The Producers And Also, Many Times, The Foreign Distributors. So It Is A Time Of Tremendous Pressure And Uncertainty.