Automatic Simply Means That You Can?t Repair

When You Get To Political Machines That Can Control A State, Then You're Really Into Organized Crime - Almost. You're Fighting A Political Mafia.

There Are No Rules In Filmmaking

I Have A Sixth Sense For Casting. I Just Have To See And Talk To The Actors. I Never Make Tests. I Like To Work With Crowds. I Like To Get The Principals In A Crowd. When They Do, Something Else Comes Off, Something Special.

Man Must Be Able To Recover, To Win Out, Triumph Over Adversity. And I Don't Mean Just The Little Adversity Like Paying His Room Rent Or Something. But Those Deep, Deep Human Adversities Because Something He Has Faith In Has Turned To Ashes. Where Someone He Loves Turns Out To Be Just Another Joke. You Get To The Point Of Suicide. But You Can Bounce Back - They Can't Completely Destroy You.

There's Music In My Films But You Seldom Hear It. Very Early I Got The Idea That The Important Things In Films Were People - The Actors. They Are The Intermediary Between The Director And The Audience. They Make Direct Contact. People To People Communication.