When You Make A Film You Usually

By That I Mean, I Think That It Is True That Politics And Political Heroes Have To Satisfy Our Need To Be Greater Than Mortal In Some Way, And That's Led Them Into Creating Illusions, Sound Bites, Focus Groups That Tell You What To Do.

There Isn't Any Question That Hollywood Is Profit Driven. Anybody That Thinks It Isn't Is A Fool. It's A Business. Hollywood Was Never Philanthropy. The Only Purpose It Had Was Making Money; The Only Purpose It Still Has Is To Make Money.

I'm Trying To Be Morally Responsible And No More. I Don't Have An Agenda I'm Trying To Push. People Talk About Three Days Of The Condor As Being Anti-government But The Last Statement In That Movie Is The Cia Guy Saying To Robert Redford, "ask 'em When They're Running Out. Ask 'em When There's No Heat In Their Homes And They're Cold. Ask 'em When Their Engines Stop. Ask 'em When People Who Have Never Known Hunger Start Going Hungry. You Want To Know Something? They Won't Want Us To Ask 'em. They'll Just Want Us To Get It For 'em!"

Obviously Its A Good Feeling To Know That Something You've Done Has Lasted.

I Make Films, And I Hope That People Come To See Them. If They Don't, I Pay A Big Price. But I Can't Make Decisions Where I Would Change My Own Standards Or My Own Taste In Order To Court The Public In Some Way.