French People Are Strange About America, I

I Think The Writer Is Always The Creator, Because He's Starting With Nothing, But The Actor Comes In And Gives Flesh And Blood.

I Went To Hollywood. I Put The Action In Hollywood. I Watched A Lot Of Movies, Maybe 100 Or Something Close To That. I Have Tons Of Dvds Now At Home. I Don't Know What To Do With Them Because They're Not Useful Anymore. My Kids Never Watched Them. I Read A Lot Of Autobiographies, Listened To A Lot Of Music By Classical Era Composers Like Franz Waxman, Max Steiner, Bernard Herrmann, Alfred Newman And Leonard Bernstein. I Listened To Only That Kind Of Music The Entire Time I Was Writing, Even At Home.

Sometimes When An Actor Says Something Almost Perfect, But You Know You Have To Edit It, If You Tell Them To Change Something Immediately, It Will Come Out Great

It's Not My Job. The Weinstein Company, It's Their Job To Convince People. My Job Was To Make The Movie. That's What I Did. I Know What We Did In France Was To Have The Maximum Screenings Just To Let People Talk About The Movie And Say They Enjoyed The Movie.

Finally, You're Right About One Point, Your Entire Way Of Thinking Is Predicted By What You're Immersed In So You Know You Won't Make A Bad Decision. You Can Make A Bad Decision But It's Still In The Good Sphere Normally If You Work Well. You're Prepared To Face A Crew Who Wants To Know Everything And Poses A Hundred Questions A Minute, Because You Know You Have Good Reflexes And Can Respond Very Quickly.