Being A Kid Growing Up With Kurosawa

Cinema Paradiso, Because It Reminds Me Of Why I Make Movies, The Magic Of Movies, The Romance Of Movies.

Well, We Studied A Lot Of Books And Things Like That. Denzel Has A Personal Experience With It, Not Himself, That's His Business-i Won't Get Into That, But He Knows A Lot About It As Well. So, We Took Some Real Life Experiences That We Both-i've Been Told That I Have Ocd.

I'm A Product Of Older Filmmakers I Guess, The Past Where You Get To Make Movies And Scenes Are What They Are. You Know If You Think About Scorsese Back In The Day When He Was Making Taxi Driver, Or Coppola Or Frankenheimer, Sidney Lumet, They're Making Films Where You Witness Violence In A Real Way.

It's Not Worth It, It's Not About Money, Especially When You're Dealing With A Culture. It Should Be About Elevating The Idea Of What We Are And Who We Are As People In The Cinema, And That Kind Of Stuff Keeps Dragging Us Back Down.

I've Become Friends With Michael Mann And Oliver Stone; I've Seen Those Guys Work And That Was Great To See.