Film Is One Of The Three Universal

If The Audience Gets Everything, If They See The Photography And Notice That It Is Good, Then The Story Goes Out The Window, But If You Become Involved With The Lives Of The Actors And Forget That You Are Seeing Mechanical Devices On A Huge Screen - Forget The Make-believe - This Is The Job Of The Director To Involve The Audience With The Actors.

Scriptwriting Is The Toughest Part Of The Whole Racket... The Least Understood And The Least Noticed

I'm A Living Example Of Getting Into Films Backwards. Merely By Accident. Exposure To Films And Ideas Is The Best Thing That Colleges Can Do.

My Advice To Young Filmmakers Is This: Don't Follow Trends. Start Them!

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.