Cinema Should Make You Forget You Are

I Want People To Go To The Movies. I Am The Man Of The Spectacle. I'm Playing.

I See Macbeth As A Young, Open-faced Warrior, Who Is Gradually Sucked Into A Whirpool Of Events Because Of His Ambition. When He Meets The Weird Sisters And Hears Their Prophecy, He's Like The Man Who Hopes To Win A Million - A Gamble For High Stakes.

I Would Rather Live In A Country Where Children Are Protected And Their Predators Prosecuted, And Even (which In Hollywood Is Evidently Not Always The Same Thing) Disapproved Of.

You Have To Show Violence The Way It Is. If You Don't Show It Realistically, Then That's Immoral And Harmful. If You Don't Upset People, Then That's Obscenity.

Some Experience Is Helpful. "the Pianist" Was A Film That I Could Make With My Eyes Closed Because I Had Lived It And Everything Was Still Alive In Me.