You’re Never Going To Be The Same

I Did Not, Like My Children And People Today, Grow Up With Television As Part Of My Life.

Hollywood Was Not A Place I Dreamed Of Getting To. I Never Could Take Seriously The Obsession People Have About Being A Celebrity Or Getting To Hollywood - I Was Born Next Door.

It's A Creative Enterprise, Just Like Art, Just Like Painting, Music. Creating Something Can Be Done In Different Categories, So To Do It In Film Is Just Another Expression, Which Is Great. Because It Translates So Well Because So Many People See The Work, If You're Lucky.

All Of The Films That I've Made Are About The Country I Live In And Grew Up In... And I Think If You're Going To Put An Artist's Eye To It, You're Going To Put A Critical Eye To It. I've Always Been Interested In The Gray Area That Exists Between The Black And White, Or The Red And Blue, And That's Where Complexity Lies.

Trump Is A Businessman, But He Is Such A Creature Of The Entertainment World. It Feels That The Entertainment Industry Is More Entwined With Politics Than Ever Before. I Just Think He Is Who He Is. You Can't Blame Him For Being Who He Is. He's Always Been Like That. He's Our Fault - That's How I See It. We Let Him Come To Where He Is. I'm Not So Interested In Blaming Him; That's Being Done Enough By Others. I'm More Interested In: How Did This Happen?